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Meaning of 砷

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Pinyin: shēn
English Definition: arsenic (chemistry)
Chinese Definition:
①一种非金属元素,灰白色,有金属光泽的结晶块,质脆有毒。化合物可做杀菌剂和杀虫剂。旧称“砒”。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mineral) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
    • [ shēn ] to report; to extend; to explain; to declare
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Example Words
亚砷 shēn arsenous
亚砷酸 shēn suān arsenous acid
二甲基砷酸 èr jiǎ shēn suān dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H; cacodylic acid
砷化镓 shēn huà jiā gallium arsenide (GaAs)
砷中毒 shēn zhòng arsenic poisoning
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Example Sentences
1
Strychnine, arsenic, and opium are poison.
2
The underground sediment of the Ganges Delta contains arsenic.
3
But these maps pinpoint areas where arsenic has not been tested for.
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"Arsenic that accumulates in grain is effectively under genetic control, " say Zhu.
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Because scientists have found a bacterium that can do without phosphorus - live on arsenic instead.