醇 (seon4 | chun2) : mellow; pure; ethyl alcohol

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醇

seon4

chun2

[1] [adj] (of wine) mellow; rich; strong
[2] [adj] (of taste) pure; unadulterated
[3] [n] ethyl alcohol

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 酉 (#164)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

醇

This word has been viewed 3609 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Dec 2011 13:37

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膽固醇 daam2 gu3 seon4 dan3 gu4 chun2 = cholesterol

乙醇 jyut3 seon4 yi3 chun2 = ethyl alcohol; ethanol; also 酒精

二醇 ji6 seon4 er4 chun2 = glycol

二硫基丙醇 ji6 lau4 gei1 bing2 seon4 er4 liu2 ji1 bing3 chun2 = dimercaprol

加甲醇酒精 gaa1 gaap3 seon4 zau2 zing1 jia1 jia3 chun2 jiu3 jing1 = [化] methylated spirit

類固醇 leoi6 gu3 seon4 lei4 gu4 chun2 = steroids

丙醇 bing2 seon4 bing3 chun2 = [chem] propanol; propyl alcohol C3H7OH

戊醇 mou6 seon4 wu4 chun2 = [chem] amyl alcohol

丙二醇 bing2 ji6 seon4 bing3 er4 chun2 = propylene glycol

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Decimal representation of this word: 醇
Unicode code for this character: U+9187 (off-site link)

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