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阿司匹林

ā sī pǐ lín

4-character word

What 阿司匹林 means

1. loanwordaspirin

The characters in 阿司匹林

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 匹pǐ(bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair…
• 林lín(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…

Example sentences

• 我想买点阿司匹林。
  I would like to buy some aspirin.
• 我要一盒阿司匹林。
  I'd like a packet of aspirin.
• 阿司匹林是用什么做的？
  āsīpǐlín shì yòng shénme zuò de?
  What is aspirin made of?
• 阿司匹林是用什幺做的？
  What does aspirin consist of?
• 你头疼吃两片阿司匹林吧.
  Nǐ tóuténg chī liǎng piàn āsīpǐlín ba.
  Take two aspirins for your headache.
• 我头痛。可能我该吃阿司匹林。
  Wǒ tóutòng. kěnéng wǒ gāi chī āsīpǐlín.
  My head hurts. Maybe I should take an aspirin.

Sounds the same

Read ā sī pǐ lín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阿斯匹林aspirin (loanword) (variant of 阿司匹林