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醇

chún

Character

What 醇 means

1. alcohol
2. wine with high alcohol content
3. rich
4. pure
5. good wine
6. sterols

Other readings

醇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chúnold variant of {醇|chún}

Example sentences

• 我的胆固醇很高。
  Wǒ de dǎngùchún hěn gāo.
  My cholesterol is high.
• 充分氧化反应赋予红茶浓郁醇厚的风味和深琥珀色。
  Full oxidation gives black tea its deep, robust flavor and dark amber color.
• 雷吉娜安扬戈是奈洛比一家小吃摊的老板，她用乙醇燃料为顾客准备餐点。她的厨房没有木炭产生的烟雾与废气。
  Regina Anyango, owner of small food kiosk in Nairobi, uses ethanol fuel to prepare meals for customers. Her kitchen is free of fumes and smoke from charcoal use.

Words starting with 醇

• 醇厚chún hòumellow and rich; simple and kind
• 醇美chún měimellow; rich; superb
• 醇酸chún suānalkyd; alcohol acid; hydroxyacid
• 醇酸树脂chún suān shù zhīalkyd resin

Words containing 醇

• 胆固醇dǎn gù chúncholesterol
• 乙醇yǐ chúnethanol; ethyl alcohol
• 香醇xiāng chúnrich and mellow (flavor or aroma)
• 丁醇dīng chúnbutanol; butyl alcohol C4H9OH
• 丙醇bǐng chúnpropanol; propyl alcohol C3H7OH
• 固醇gù chúnsterol (chemistry)
• 木醇mù chúnwood alcohol; wood spirit; methyl alcohol
• 甲醇jiǎ chúnmethyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH; wood alcohol
• 硫醇liú chúnthiol (chemistry)
• 糖醇táng chúnsugar alcohol
• 乙硫醇yǐ liú chúnethanethiol (chemistry)
• 乙醇酸yǐ chún suānglycolic acid C2H4O3
• 木糖醇mù táng chúnxylitol
• 甘糖醇gān táng chúnmannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol
• 甘露醇gān lù chúnmannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol
• 异丙醇yì bǐng chúnisopropanol; isopropyl alcohol C3H8O
• 皮质醇pí zhì chúncortisol
• 紫杉醇zǐ shān chúnTaxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
• 薄荷醇bò he chún(chemistry) menthol
• 类固醇lèi gù chúnsteroid
• 香叶醇xiāng yè chúngeraniol (chemistry)
• 拉克替醇lā kè tì chúnlactitol, a sugar alcohol
• 无醇啤酒wú chún pí jiǔlow-alcohol beer; non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less)
• 甘露糖醇gān lù táng chúnmannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol

Characters built on 享

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

• 敦dūnkindhearted; place name
• 淳chúngenuine; pure; honest
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 谆zhūnrepeatedly (in giving advice); sincere; earnest

Characters that look like 醇

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

• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 酵jiàoyeast; leaven; fermentation; Taiwan pr. xiào
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar

Sounds the same

Read chún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纯pure; simple; unmixed
• 唇lip
• 淳genuine; pure; honest
• 鹑(bound form) quail
• 莼used in 莼菜
• 㵮clear water
• 漘shore
• 𬭚copper drum
• 鯙Scomberomorus sinensis
• 㝄old variant of 纯
• 㝇old variant of 鹑