二嗪农

二嗪農

èrqínnóng

noun

Measure Word

一种二嗪农 zhǒng

Meanings

1 diazinon (organophosphate insecticide)

Characters

azine (chemical suffix)

Examples

HSK 4

许多国家已限制二嗪农的使用。

Xǔduō guójiā yǐ xiànzhì èrqínnóng de shǐyòng.

Many countries have restricted the use of diazinon.

HSK 7-9

二嗪农曾广泛用于农作物害虫防治。

Èrqínnóng céng guǎngfàn yòngyú nóngzuòwù hàichóng fángzhì.

Diazinon was once widely used to control crop pests.

Tips

culture

二嗪 phoneticizes 'diazin-' (the pyrimidine ring), and 农 means 'agricultural,' a common suffix for pesticides (敌敌畏 uses it, as does 乐果). Diazinon's US residential use was banned in 2004 over bird and human-health risks.

Stroke Order

二 èr

嗪 qín

农 nóng