Meaning of 红矾
红矾 means arsenic trioxide; white arsenic (a highly toxic compound). Pronounced hóng fán.
- arsenic trioxide; white arsenic (a highly toxic compound)
Definitions & Examples
Lǎo老
yī一
bèi辈
rén人
yǒu有
shí时
hou候
huì会
yòng用
“
hóng红
fán矾
”
zhè这
gè个
cí词
lái来
zhǐ指
pī砒
shuāng霜
。
Older generations sometimes use the word 'hóngfán' to refer to white arsenic.
Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
xiǎo小
shuō说
lǐ里
，
dú毒
yào药
hóng红
fán矾
jīng经
cháng常
chū出
xiàn现
。
In ancient novels, the poison arsenic trioxide often appears.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
huà化
xué学
wù物
zhì质
，
wǒ我
men们
fāng方
yán言
lǐ里
jiào叫
hóng红
fán矾
，
nǐ你
men们
pǔ普
tōng通
huà话
jiào叫
pī砒
shuāng霜
。
This chemical substance is called 'hóngfán' in our dialect, and you call it 'pīshuāng' in standard Mandarin.