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péng

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péng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
péng | peng2
English translation
borax, boron

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About péng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

péng

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mineral

Etymology of péng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石朋

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

péng

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Example sentences using péng

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这种 zhè zhǒng 燃料 rán liào de 例子 lì zi shì 一甲 yī jiǎ jǐng 二硼 wán .

Examples of such fuels are monomethyl - hydrazine and diborane.

Words with péng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
péng boron (chemistry) péng
硼酸 péng suān boric acid H3BO3硼酸 péng suān
硼砂 péng shā borax硼砂 péng shā

péng Decomposition & Compounds

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