山埃

shān'āi

noun

Meanings

1 cyanide

Characters

mountain (phonetic only here)

dust (phonetic only here)

Examples

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

山埃是一种剧毒化学品。

Shān'āi shì yì zhǒng jùdú huàxuépǐn.

Cyanide is an extremely toxic chemical.

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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