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山埃

shān'āi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 cyanide (loanword, mainly Cantonese/Hong Kong usage)

Examples

山埃是一种剧毒化学品。
Shān'āi shì yī zhǒng jùdú huàxuépǐn.
Cyanide is an extremely toxic chemical.
新闻报道说水里含有山埃。
Xīnwén bàodào shuō shuǐ lǐ hányǒu shān'āi.
The news report said the water contained cyanide.

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Phonetic loan from English 'cyanide' via Cantonese (saan1 aai1). Standard Mandarin uses 氰化物 (qínghuàwù) instead. You'll see 山埃 mostly in Hong Kong news and older translations.

Stroke Order

山 shān
埃 āi