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Meaning of 锌

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(Trad.: 鋅)
Pinyin: xīn
English Definition: zinc (chemistry)
Chinese Definition:
①一种金属元素,旧称“亚铅”或“倭铅”,蓝白色结晶,质脆:氧化锌。锌版(印刷版)。锌钡白(通称“立德粉”)。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (metal) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
    • [ xīn ] bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
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Example Words
镀锌 xīn galvanized; zinc-coated
氯化锌 huà xīn zinc chloride
氧化锌 yǎng huà xīn zinc oxide
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Example Sentences
1
Copper and zinc are fused to make brass.
2
He knew brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
3
Oysters: The best source of zinc, period.
4
Insert a copper electrode and a zinc electrode into each potato, fairly far apart.
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But "this [zinc-finger nuclease] technology is probably going to stick around," he predicts.