fán

technical
noun

Meaning of 白矾

白矾 means alum (common name for potassium alum). Pronounced fán.

  • alum (common name for potassium alum)

Definitions & Examples

Chuán
tǒng
shang
 
rén
men
yòng
bái
fán
lái
jìng
huà
yǐn
yòng
shuǐ
 

Traditionally, people used alum to purify drinking water.

Zhè
zhǒng
rǎn
liào
yào
jiā
diǎn
fán
lái
 

This dye requires adding a bit of alum to fix the color.

Míng
fán
shì
zhì
zuò
yóu
tiáo
cháng
yòng
de
tiān
jiā
 

Alum is a common additive used in making fried dough sticks (youtiao).

Relations

Measure Words

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Primary
千克/ qiān kè
/ kuài