苯乙烯

běnyǐxī

noun #56,176

Meanings

HSK 7-9

苯乙烯是一种无色的液体，有特殊的气味。

Běnyǐxī shì yì zhǒng wúsè de yètǐ, yǒu tèshū de qìwèi.

Styrene is a colourless liquid with a distinctive smell.

HSK 7-9

这家化工厂发生苯乙烯泄漏，附近居民被紧急疏散。

Zhè jiā huàgōngchǎng fāshēng běnyǐxī xièlòu, fùjìn jūmín bèi jǐnjí shūsàn.

There was a styrene leak at the chemical plant, and nearby residents were evacuated.

memory

Read it in two parts: 苯, a benzene ring, plus 乙烯, ethylene. Linked into long chains it becomes 聚苯乙烯, polystyrene, the white foam of takeaway boxes.

苯 běn

乙 yǐ

烯 xī