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二氧化碳

ji6 joeng5 faa3 taan3

er4 yang3 hua4 tan4

carbon dioxide (CO2)

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 1,790,000

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

二氧化碳

This word was added by tym on 1st Aug 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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二 ji6 er4 - number two
氧 joeng5 yang3 - oxygen
化 faa3 faa1 hua4 hua1 - change, transform
碳 taan3 tan4 - carbon

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