碳 meaning in English

tàn

carbon (chemistry)

HSK 7-9noun14 strokes

Meaning of 碳

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tàn
  1. carbon (chemistry)

碳 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ告gào诉sù我wǒ他tā不bù喜xǐ欢huān碳tàn酸suān饮yǐn料liào。
Tom told me he doesn't like carbonated drinks.
Tom不bù知zhī道dào碳tàn和hé煤méi的de差chā别bié。
Tom does not know the difference between charcoal and carbon.
你nǐ对duì复fù合hé碳tàn水shuǐ化huà合hé物wù有yǒu什shén么me了liǎo解jiě吗ma?
Do you know anything about complex carbohydrates?
麦mài根gēn沙shā士shì被bèi视shì为wéi一yī种zhǒng经jīng典diǎn的de美měi式shì碳tàn酸suān饮yǐn品pǐn。
Root beer is considered a classic American carbonated soft drink.
树shù木mù排pái出chū氧yǎng气qì,吸xī收shōu二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn。
Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

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碳 tàn · carbon · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 碳.

二氧化碳èryǎnghuàtàncarbon dioxide CO2
低碳dītàn(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)

Questions about 碳

What does 碳 mean?

碳 (tàn) means "carbon (chemistry)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 碳?

碳 is made of 1 character: 碳 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 碳 an HSK word?

Yes. 碳 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.