戈雷

gēléi
measure word

Meanings

  1. 1 gray (Gy, SI unit of absorbed radiation dose)

Examples

Bìngrén jiēshòu le liǎng gēléi de fúshè jìliàng.
The patient received a radiation dose of two grays.
Yī gēléi děngyú měi gōngjīn xīshōu yī jiāo'ěr de néngliàng.
One gray equals one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram.

Tips

usage
Loanword used mainly in Taiwan and physics/medical writing. The unit is named after British physicist Louis Harold Gray.
memory
Easy to confuse with the surname-like sound 'gēléi' — but here both characters are pure phonetic carriers, not meaningful: 'spear' + 'thunder' just transliterate 'Gray.'

Stroke Order

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