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酯

zhǐ

Character

What 酯 means

1. ester

Example sentences

• 不是所有的酯闻起来都很香。
  Bù shì suǒyǒu de zhǐ wénqǐlai dōu hěn xiāng.
  Not all esters smell good.

Words starting with 酯

• 酯化zhǐ huàesterification
• 酯酶zhǐ méi(biochemistry) esterase

Words containing 酯

• 内酯nèi zhǐlactone
• 聚酯jù zhǐpolyester
• 丁内酯dīng nèi zhǐbutyrolactone
• 多元酯duō yuán zhǐpolyester
• 聚氨酯jù ān zhǐpolyurethane
• 丙烯酸酯bǐng xī suān zhǐacrylic ester
• 聚碳酸酯jù tàn suān zhǐpolycarbonate
• 聚酯树脂jù zhǐ shù zhīpolyester resin
• 聚酯纤维jù zhǐ xiān wéipolyester fiber
• 胆碱酯酶dǎn jiǎn zhǐ méi(biochemistry) cholinesterase
• 有机磷酸酯类yǒu jī lín suān zhǐ lèiorganophosphate
• 醋酸乙酯cù suān yǐ zhǐethyl acetate; acetidin
• 雄酯酮xióng zhǐ tóngmale hormone; testosterone
• 醋磺内酯钾cù huáng nèi zhǐ jiǎacesulfame potassium; acesulfame K (an artificial sweetener)
• 茉莉菊酯mò lì jú zhǐjasmolin
• 甲氰菊酯jiǎ qíng jú zhǐfenpropathrin (insecticide)
• 亚硝酸异戊酯yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐamyl nitrite
• 甘油三酯gān yóu sān zhǐtriglyceride
• 三尖杉酯碱sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎnharringtonine (chemistry)
• 三酸甘油酯sān suān gān yóu zhǐtriglyceride
• 邻苯二甲酸酯lín běn èr jiǎ suān zhǐphthalate (chemistry)
• 氨基甲酸酯类化合物ān jī jiǎ suān zhǐ lèi huà hé wùcarbamate
• 对羟基苯甲酸酯duì qiǎng jī běn jiǎ suān zhǐparaben (chemistry)
• 天冬苯丙二肽酯tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐaspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)

Characters built on 旨

These share the phonetic component 旨 (zhǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 诣yìto go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art
• 鮨qísushi; grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); Epinephelus septemfasciatus

Characters that look like 酯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 瞄miáoto take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 跚shānused in 蹒跚

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 只only; merely; just
• 指finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 纸paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 止to stop; to prohibit; until
• 址(bound form) site; location
• 旨imperial decree; purport; aim
• 徵4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 趾toe
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn