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yán

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yán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yán | yan2
English translation
salt
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About yán

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yán

Contains the radical

mǐn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Etymology of yán

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Positional decomposition

圤皿

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Example sentences using yán

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liú zhú suān yán de 制备 zhì bèi 说明 shuōmíng zhè 一点 yī diǎn .

The preparation of salts of thionic acids illustrates this point.

胃液 wèi yè nèi 含有 hán yǒu yán suān gěi 胃蛋白 méi 提供 tígōng suān 溶液 róng yè .

Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid to provide an acidic solution for pepsin.

一些 yī xiē hǎn 采用 cǎi yòng liǎng Duàn 铬酸 yán 还原法.

Two - stage chromate reduction has been used at several plants.

huò suān de 作用 zuòyòng 或起 yán 的作用.

It can behave either as an acid or as a salt.

zhǐ yǒu Gāo 氯酸 lǜ suān yán 表现 biǎoxiàn 有显 zhù de 感度可能 kěnéng 具有 jù yǒu 起爆 qǐ bào 性能 xìngnéng .

Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties.

Words with yán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yán salt yán
盐水 Yán shuǐ Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县 Tái nán xiàn [Tái​nán​xiàn], Taiwan鹽水
盐湖城 Yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah鹽湖城
盐酸 yán suān hydrochloric acid HCl鹽酸
食盐 shí yán edible salt食鹽
生理盐水 shēng lǐ yán shuǐ saline (medicine)生理鹽水
硝酸盐 xiāo suān yán nitrate硝酸鹽
盐城 Yán chéng Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu鹽城
盐湖 yán hú salt lake鹽湖
硅酸盐 guī suān yán silicate硅酸鹽
盐巴 yán bā table salt鹽巴
磷酸盐 lín suān yán phosphate磷酸鹽
硫酸盐 liú suān yán sulfate硫酸鹽
盐碱 yán jiǎn saline and alkaline (earth)鹽鹼
柴米油盐 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt柴米油鹽
盐田 Yán tián Yantian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市 Shēn zhèn shì , Guangdong鹽田
海盐 Hǎi yán Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴 Jiā xīng [Jiā​xīng], Zhejiang海鹽
盐碱地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil鹽鹼地
岩盐 yán yán rock salt岩鹽
碳酸盐 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry)碳酸鹽
盐都 Yán dū Yandu district of Yancheng city 鹽城市|盐城市 Yán chéng shì [Yán​chéng​shì], Jiangsu鹽都

yán Decomposition & Compounds

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yán Decomposition

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