水银 (shuǐ yín) — mercury (the metallic element); (chemistry) amalgam

Definition

Examples

• 温度计里装的通常是水银。
  Wēn dù jì lǐ zhuāng de tōng cháng shì shuǐ yín.
  Thermometers are usually filled with mercury.
• 水银是一种液体金属，有剧毒。
  shuǐ yín Shì yì zhǒng yè tǐ jīn shǔ, yǒu jù dú.
  Mercury is a liquid metal that is highly toxic.
• 牙科医生有时会用水银合金补牙。
  Yá kē yī shēng yǒu shí huì yòng shuǐ yín hé jīn bǔ yá.
  Dentists sometimes use amalgam fillings to repair teeth.