二氧化碳

Mandarin · pinyin èr yǎng huà tàn

Meanings

  1. carbon dioxide CO2
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二
èr · two; twice
氧
yǎng · oxygen (element 8, O)
化
huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
碳
tàn · carbon (element 6, C)
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4–3–4–4 · er4 yang3 hua4 tan4

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ji6 joeng5 faa3 taan3

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ji6 joeng5 faa3 taan3

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noun

  1. carbon dioxide

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