quinine in Chinese
quinine in Chinese is 奎宁 — quinine means a bitter compound extracted from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and to flavour tonic water.
quinine in Chinese
奎宁
Pronounced: kuí níng
(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]
What does "quinine" mean?
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noun A bitter compound extracted from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and to flavour tonic water.
"Tonic water gets its bitter taste from a small amount of quinine."
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quinine in a sentence
- Tonic water gets its bitter taste from a small amount of quinine.
- Early European settlers relied on quinine to survive malaria outbreaks.
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What is "quinine" in Chinese?
"quinine" in Chinese is 奎宁. quinine means: A bitter compound extracted from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and to flavour tonic water.
How do you pronounce 奎宁?
"quinine" in Chinese is 奎宁, pronounced "kuí níng".
How do you use "quinine" in a sentence?
Example: "Tonic water gets its bitter taste from a small amount of quinine." In Chinese, "quinine" is 奎宁.
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