氮气

氮氣
dànqì
noun #22,114

Measure Word

氮气 shēng

Meanings

  1. 1 nitrogen gas
  2. 2 nitrogen (N₂)

Examples

Dàqìcéng zhōng yuē bǎi fēn zhī qīshíbā shì dànqì.
About 78% of the atmosphere is nitrogen.
Shípǐn bāozhuāng zhōng cháng chōng rù dànqì yǐfáng zhǐ yǎnghuà.
Nitrogen is often pumped into food packaging to prevent oxidation.

Tips

memory
contains the fire radical at the bottom — a mnemonic memory trick: nitrogen itself doesn't burn but is named with fire because early chemists called it 'azote' (without life). The Chinese character uses (gas radical) + (flame).

Stroke Order

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