fat1氟
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Definition
Fluorine; the chemical element of atomic number 9, with the symbol F.
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How it's used
Scientific terms like 氟 are borrowed directly from the periodic table and are used in academic or technical contexts. In everyday casual conversation, people rarely discuss chemical elements unless they are in a classroom or a professional laboratory setting. It functions exactly like its English counterpart in terms of its role as a noun for a specific substance.
Examples
Fluorine is a very reactive chemical element.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
