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gài

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gài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gài | gai4
English translation
calcium (chemistry)
calcium

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About gài

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

gài

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of gài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅丐

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

gài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and gài represents the sound. Simplified form of gài .

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Example sentences using gài

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ěr 博士 bóshì shuì , dāng 人体 rén tǐ Zhōng de gài 含量 hán liàng piān shí , 身体 shēntǐ jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng zhǒng 荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng , Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 肌体 jī tǐ zuì 限度 xiàn dù de 吸收 xīshōu suǒ 摄入 shè rù 的钙.

Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the

Qiáng 酸性 suān xìng 泥炭 ní tàn Cháng 呈现 chéngxiàn gài .

Strongly acid peat soils are often low in calcium.

由于 yóuyú 同时 tóngshí 缺乏 quēfá gài ér 使 shǐ zhī 恶化 èhuà .

They may be exacerbated by a simultaneous deficiency of calcium.

不同 bù tóng de 同功 tóng gōng méi 不同的亲和力 qīn hé lì gài 离子 lí zǐ Xiāng 结合 jiéhé .

The different isozymes bind calcium ions with different affinities.

使用 shǐyòng 硫酸钙 liú suān gài zuò 原料 yuánliào ,需要 xūyào gēng duō de 基建 jī jiàn 投资 tóuzī .

The use of calcium sulfate requires an greater capital investment.

Words with gài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gài calcium (chemistry) gài
钙化 gài huà to calcify鈣化
碳酸钙 tàn suān gài calcium carbonate碳酸鈣
磷酸钙 lín suān gài calcium phosphate (chemistry)磷酸鈣
氧化钙 yǎng huà gài calcium oxide氧化鈣
氢氧化钙 qīng yǎng huà gài slaked lime氫氧化鈣
硝酸钙 xiāo suān gài calcium nitrate硝酸鈣
碳化钙 tàn huà gài calcium carbide CaC2碳化鈣

gài Decomposition & Compounds

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gài Decomposition

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