苯 (běn): benzene, benzol (chemistry)
苯 (běn) is a Chinese character meaning “benzene.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 本 (phonetic). It ranks #2961 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 苯 is a compound character. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 蒸 (zhēng, to steam), 草 (cǎo, grass), 花 (huā, flower).
Definitions
- benzene
- benzol (chemistry)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲苯noun | jiǎ běn | toluene C6H5CH3 |
| 苯环noun | běn huán | benzene ring (chemistry) |
| 苯酚 | běn fēn | phenol C6H5OH |
| 苯甲酸noun | běn jiǎ suān | benzoic acid C6H5COOH |
| 聚苯乙烯noun | jù běn yǐ xī | polystyrene |
| 苯基noun | běn jī | phenyl group |
| 苯胺 | běn àn | (chemistry) aniline (C6H5NH2) |
| 苯乙烯noun | běn yǐ xī | (chemistry) styrene |
| 苯环利定 | běn huán lì dìng | phencyclidine (PCP) |
| 多氯联苯noun | duō lǜ lián běn | polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) |
| 二甲苯noun | èr jiǎ běn | xylene |
| 三硝基甲苯 | sān xiāo jī jiǎ běn | trinitrotoluene (TNT) |
| 苯那辛noun | běn nà xīn | benactyzine |
| 过氧化苯甲酰 | guò yǎng huà běn jiǎ xiān | benzoil peroxide |
| 对羟基苯甲酸酯 | duì qiǎng jī běn jiǎ suān zhǐ | paraben (chemistry) |
苯 appears in 42 compound words: 43 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
国外也有为猪尾巴涂上无毒但极苦的苯甲地那铵的做法,从味觉层面降低咬尾的欲望。
guó wài yě yǒu wéi zhū wěi bā tú shàng wú dú dàn jí kǔ de běn jiǎ dì nà 铵 de zuò fǎ , cóng wèi jué céng miàn jiàng dī yǎo wěi de yù wàng .
In some countries, pig tails are also coated with benzyldimethylammonium chloride, which is non-toxic but extremely bitter, to reduce the urge to bite their tails by affecting their sense of taste.
视频指出,如果手机壳散发刺鼻异味,往往意味着其苯含量可能超标数百倍。
shì pín zhǐ chū , rú guǒ shǒu jī qiào sàn fā cì bí yì wèi , wǎng wǎng yì wèi zhe qí běn hán liàng kě néng chāo biāo shǔ bǎi bèi .
The video points out that if a phone case emits a pungent odor, it often means its benzene content may exceed the standard by hundreds of times.
每只深海热泉动物体内平均发现了 3.42 个塑料碎片,最常见的是聚苯乙烯。
měi zhī shēn hǎi rè quán dòng wù tǐ nèi píng jūn fā xiàn le 3 . 4 2 gè sù liào suì piàn , zuì cháng jiàn de shì jù běn yǐ xī .
An average of 3.42 plastic fragments were found in each deep-sea hydrothermal vent organism, with polystyrene being the most common.
油烟中的有害物质,如苯并芘、丙烯醛等,存在诱发肺癌的风险。
yóu yān zhōng de yǒu hài wù zhì , rú běn bìng 芘 , bǐng xī quán děng , cún zài yòu fā fèi ái de fēng xiǎn .
Harmful substances in cooking fumes, such as benzo[a]pyrene and acrolein, pose a risk of causing lung cancer.
Character Family
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