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diàn

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diàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diàn | dian4
English translation
shallow water
sediment
precipitate
marsh, swamp; sediment; to precipitate

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About diàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

diàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of diàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵定

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

dìng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and dìng represents the sound. Simplified form of diàn .

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Example sentences using diàn

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yóu 共沉淀得到 dé dào le L - tiān 冬氨酸插层结构 jiégòu Shuǐ 滑石 huá shí .

L - aspartic acid was intercalated into the layered double hydroxides by coprecipitation.

海淀区 Hǎi diàn qū 机关 jī guān 幼儿园 yòuéryuán , 323 kuài ,384知春里小区 xiǎo qū xià Chē 就是 jiù shì .

Haidian District authorities kindergarten, fast 323,384 Zhichun Li is the area off.

粉末 fěnmò dōu 沉淀 chéndiàn dào bēi de le .

The powder settled to the bottom of the cup.

Yìng 避免 bìmiǎn chī táng hán 淀粉 diàn fěn de 食物 shíwù .

You should avoid sugars and starches.

本文 běn wén 制得 le 异相 suān 降解 jiàng jiě 淀粉 diàn fěn 丙烯酰 àn 丙烯酸 bǐng xī suān 丁酯共聚物.

The degraded starch and acrylamide - butyl acrylate copolymer have been produced.

Words with diàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
淀粉 diàn fěn starch澱粉
沉淀 chéndiàn to settle沉澱
海淀区 Hǎi diàn qū Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学 Qīng huá Dà xué [Qīng​huá​dà​xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村 Zhōng guān cūn [Zhōng​guān​cūn]海澱區
积淀 jī diàn deposits accumulated over long periods積澱
沉淀物 chén diàn wù precipitate沉澱物
淀粉酶 diàn fěn méi amylase澱粉酶
海淀 Hǎi diàn Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学 Qīng huá Dà xué [Qīng​huá​dà​xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村 Zhōng guān cūn [Zhōng​guān​cūn]海澱
diàn sediment diàn
白洋淀 Bái yáng diàn Lake Baiyangdian白洋澱
淀山湖 Diàn shān Hú Dianshan Lake between Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province澱山湖
海淀图书城 Hǎi diàn Tú shū chéng Haidian Book City, Beijing bookstore海澱圖書城

diàn Decomposition & Compounds

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diàn Decomposition

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