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běn

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běn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
běn | ben3
English translation
benzene, benzol

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About běn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

běn

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Etymology of běn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹本

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

běn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and běn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using běn

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氨基 ān jī 甲酸 jiǎ suān 苯酯 chú yǒu shì 发展 fāzhǎn zuì zǎo de zhǒng 除莠剂.

Phenylcarbamate herbicides were among the earliest herbicides developed.

其他 qítā 可用 de 固定 gùdìng yǒu běn 偶姻 huò 安息 ān xī xiāng děng 含油 hán yóu 树脂 shù zhī .

Other fixatives which may be used include the oleoresins such as benzoin, or styrax.

S - 三氮朵 běn 农药 nóng yào duì 农业 nóngyè 生产 shēngchǎn biàn 越来越 yuè lái yuè 重要 zhòngyào .

S - Triazine pesticides are rapidly becoming of increasing importance to agriculture.

怎么 zěnme 总是 zǒngshì 苯手 bèn jiǎo de ?

Why are you always all thumbs all fingers and thumbs?

胼胝质 de rǎn shì 苯胺 běn àn Lán , 间苯二 fēn Lán méi Hóng suān .

Callose stains are aniline blue, resorcin blue and rosolic acid.

Words with běn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
běn benzene běn
甲苯 jiǎ běn toluene C6H5CH3甲苯 jiǎ běn
苯甲酸 běn jiǎ suān benzoic acid C6H5COOH苯甲酸 běn jiǎ suān
苯酚 běn fēn phenol C6H5OH苯酚 běn fēn
聚苯乙烯 jù běn yǐ xī polystyrene聚苯乙烯 jù běn yǐ xī
二甲苯 èr jiǎ běn xylene二甲苯 èr jiǎ běn
苯胺 běn àn aniline C6H5NH2苯胺 běn àn
苯环 běn huán benzene ring (chemistry)苯環
苯乙烯 běn yǐ xī Styrene苯乙烯 běn yǐ xī
苯基 běn jī phenyl group苯基 běn jī
硝基苯 xiāo jī běn nitrobenzene硝基苯 xiāo jī běn
氯苯 lǜ běn chlorobenzene C6H5Cl氯苯 lǜ běn
苯丙胺 běn bǐng àn amphetamine (medical)苯丙胺 běn bǐng àn
苯甲醛 běn jiǎ quán benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde苯甲醛 běn jiǎ quán
烷基苯 wán jī běn alkyl benzene烷基苯 wán jī běn
多氯联苯 duō lǜ lián běn PCB多氯聯苯
异丙苯 yì bǐng běn (chemistry) isopropylbenzene C9H12 (aka cumene)異丙苯

běn Decomposition & Compounds

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