| 碱性 | jiǎn xìng | alkaline | |
| 盐碱地 | yán jiǎn dì | saline soil; (fig.) infertile woman | |
| 碱化 | jiǎn huà | to make basic or alkaline; alkalization (chemistry) | |
| 纯碱 | chún jiǎn | sodium carbonate Na2CO3; soda ash; same as 碳酸钠 | |
| 烧碱 | shāo jiǎn | caustic soda NaOH |
| 1 | An acid can react with a base to form a salt. | |
| 2 | But low-expansion glass is much costlier than soda-lime glass. | |
| 3 | It is a curare alkaloid derived from the South American plant. | |
| 4 | It is possible that Kr and Ar could also act as Lewis bases, but evidently they cannot compete with HF. | |
| 5 | Conventional soda-lime glass expands too much, so welding introduces stresses that can lead to failure. |