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酰

xiān

Character

What 酰 means

1. acid radical
2. -acyl (chemistry)

Words starting with 酰

• 酰胺xiān ànamide; acidamide (chemistry)

Words containing 酰

• 乙酰yǐ xiānacetyl (chemistry)
• 碳酰氯tàn xiān lǜcarbonyl chloride COCl2; phosgene, a poisonous gas
• 聚酰胺jù xiān àn(chemistry) polyamide
• 烟酰胺yān xiān ànnicotinamide; niacinamide
• 乙酰胆碱yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎnacetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
• 内酰胺酶nèi xiān àn méibeta-lactamase (a bacterial inhibitor)
• 天冬酰胺tiān dōng xiān ànasparagine (Asn), an amino acid
• 环磷酰胺huán lín xiān àncyclophosphamide (medication)
• 聚酰亚胺jù xiān yà ànpolyimide
• 苯甲酰氯běn jiǎ xiān lǜbenzoil chloride C6H5COCl
• 谷氨酰胺gǔ ān xiān ànglutamine (Gln), an amino acid
• 过氧苯甲酰guò yǎng běn jiǎ xiānbenzoil peroxide
• 过氧化苯甲酰guò yǎng huà běn jiǎ xiānbenzoil peroxide
• 对乙酰氨基酚duì yǐ xiān ān jī fēnparacetamol; acetaminophen
• 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮yǐ xiān àn bǐ luò wán tóng(pharmacology) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic

Characters built on 先

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

• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 冼Xiǎnsurname Xian
• 跣xiǎnbarefooted
• 筅xiǎnbamboo brush for utensils

Characters that look like 酰

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

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 酪lào(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc)…
• 鹅égoose
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 蜕tuìskin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate

Sounds the same

Read xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 鲜fresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 纤fine; delicate; minute
• 仙immortal
• 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 暹sunrise
• 秈common rice
• 氙xenon (chemistry)
• 锨shovel
• 跹to manner of dancing; to walk around
• 祆Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
• 籼long-grained rice; same as 秈