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xīn

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xīn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīn | xin1
English translation
zinc

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About xīn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xīn

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of xīn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅辛

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Xīn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using xīn

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xīn céng shì yòng lái 防止 fángzhǐ 钢铁 gāngtiě 生锈 shēngxiù de .

A zinc coating is applied to the steel for rust protection.

xīn 过量 guò liàng Huán 经常出现 Tiě de tuì 绿 zhèng .

Excess zinc often produces iron chorosis.

Huáng tóng shì tóng xīn de 合金 hé jīn .

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

tóng xīn de 熔化 róng huà 制成 zhì chéng 黄铜 huáng tóng .

The fusion of copper and zinc makes the metal brass.

xīn 基合金 de 铸件 zhù jiàn 总是 zǒngshì zài 氰化镀液 Zhōng 镀铜.

Zinc base die castings are always copper plated in cyanide baths.

Words with xīn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xīn zinc (chemistry) xīn
镀锌 dù xīn galvanized鍍鋅
氯化锌 lǜ huà xīn zinc chloride氯化鋅

xīn Decomposition & Compounds

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