bun2苯
Jyutpingbun2
Yalebún
Definition
Benzene, or used to describe luxuriant foliage.
- technicalbenzene
- literaryluxuriant; lush
neutralnatureother
How it's used
The usage of this character is split between a scientific context and a literary one. In modern daily life, it is almost exclusively encountered as the chemical component benzene. Its meaning of luxuriant growth is restricted to formal or literary descriptions of vegetation, making it sound quite poetic or archaic in casual conversation.
Examples
This chemical contains benzene.
Related words
Common phrases
benzene ring
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 笨, which means stupid. The two characters look very similar, but 苯 is strictly for the chemical or the literary sense of lush, whereas 笨 is the common adjective for someone lacking intelligence.
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