Chinese symbol for “amine”
胺
àn
(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. [an1]; Taiwan pr. [an1]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for amine is 胺 (àn), defined as: (chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. [an1]; Taiwan pr. [an1].
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三聚氰胺 | sān jù qíng àn | melamine C3H6N6 |
| 多巴胺 | duō bā àn | dopamine |
| 酰胺 | xiān àn | (chemistry) amide |
| 磺胺 | huáng àn | sulfa drugs; sulfanilamide (used to reduce fever) |
| 组胺 (組胺) | zǔ àn | histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) |
| 苯胺 | běn àn | (chemistry) aniline (C6H5NH2); aminobenzene |
See also: Japanese symbol for “amine”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.