Chinese word dictionary

番木鳖碱

fān mù biē jiǎn · strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

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Word information

Simplified番木鳖碱

Traditional番木鱉鹼

Pinyinfān mù biē jiǎn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

番fān

to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn

木mù

wood; tree

鳖biē

turtle

碱jiǎn

alkaline, alkali, lye, salt

How to learn 番木鳖碱

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

番茄fānqié

tomato

木头mùtou

slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]

树木shùmù

tree

番fān

(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")

木材mùcái

wood

翻番fānfān

to double; to increase by a certain number of times