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Definition
Cyanogen; a colorless, toxic gas with a pungent odor.
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How it's used
This character is strictly a technical term used in chemistry to denote the cyano group or cyanide compounds. It is never used in everyday speech outside of scientific or industrial contexts. You will almost exclusively encounter it as part of compound words like 氰化物.
Examples
Cyanide is a very toxic chemical substance.
Is there any cyanide in the laboratory?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
