carbon in Chinese
carbon in Chinese is 碳 — carbon means a chemical element (symbol C) found in all living things and in materials like coal, diamond, and graphite.
carbon in Chinese
碳
Pronounced: tàn
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
What does "carbon" mean?
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noun A chemical element (symbol C) found in all living things and in materials like coal, diamond, and graphite.
"Diamonds and pencil lead are both made almost entirely of carbon."
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carbon in a sentence
- Diamonds and pencil lead are both made almost entirely of carbon.
- Companies are being pushed to cut their carbon emissions.
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What is "carbon" in Chinese?
"carbon" in Chinese is 碳. carbon means: A chemical element (symbol C) found in all living things and in materials like coal, diamond, and graphite.
How do you pronounce 碳?
"carbon" in Chinese is 碳, pronounced "tàn".
How do you use "carbon" in a sentence?
Example: "Diamonds and pencil lead are both made almost entirely of carbon." In Chinese, "carbon" is 碳.
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