砷 (shēn) — arsenic (chemical element As)
Definition
noun
arsenic (chemical element As)
Easily confused
- 绅shēnlook-alikegentry, the class of scholar-officials in traditional China
- 身shēnsound-alikebody
- 抻chēnlook-aliketo pull, to stretch, to draw out
- 深shēnsound-alikedeep (of water, hole, color, etc.)
- 坤kūnlook-alike(in Yijing) the trigram/hexagram for earth, the receptive principle
- 申shēnsound-alikethe ninth Earthly Branch (used in the Chinese zodiac and traditional timekeeping)
Examples
- 砷。shēn Shì yì zhǒng yǒu dú de huà xué yuán sù.Arsenic is a toxic chemical element.
- 砷。Zhè zhǒng shuǐ lǐ de shēn hán liàng tài gāo le.The arsenic content in this water is too high.
- 砷。Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū rú hé qù chú shuǐ zhōng de shēn.Scientists are studying how to remove arsenic from water.
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