炭 ⇒
炭疽 tànjū, anthrax/bacillus
炭 tàn, wood charcoal/coal
泥炭 nítàn, peat
煤炭 méitàn, coal
木炭 mùtàn, charcoal
炭火 活性炭 huóxìngtàn, activated carbon
雪中送炭 xuězhōngsòngtàn, lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)/fig. to provide help in sb's hour...
焦炭 jiāotàn, coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
炭坑 黑炭 hēitàn, coal/charcoal/(of skin) darkly pigmented/charcoal (color)/bituminous coal (minin...
炭化 炭笔 烧炭 shāotàn, [燒炭], to manufacture charcoal/to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon...
生灵涂炭 shēnglíngtútàn, [生靈塗炭], people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
石炭纪 Shítànjì, [石炭紀], Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
火炭 HuǒTàn/huǒtàn, Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong), live coal/ember/burning coals
木炭画 石炭酸 shítànsuān, phenol C6HOH/same as 苯酚
菌 ⇒
细菌 xìjūn, [細菌], bacterium/germ
菌 jūn/jùn, germ/bacteria/fungus/mold/Taiwan pr. [jùn], mushroom
病菌 bìngjūn, harmful bacteria/pathogenic bacteria/germs
杆菌 gǎnjūn, [桿菌], bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
霉菌 méijūn, mold
真菌 zhēnjūn, fungi/fungus
葡萄球菌 pútaoqiújūn, staphylococcus
链球菌 liànqiújūn, [鏈球菌], streptococcus (genus of bacteria)
杀菌 shājūn, [殺菌], to kill germs/to disinfect/to sterilize
沙门氏菌 shāménshìjūn, [沙門氏菌], Salmonella
毒菌 菌类 jūnlèi, [菌類], fungus
大肠杆菌 dàchánggǎnjūn, [大腸桿菌], Escherichia coli (E. coli)
球菌 qiújūn, coccus (spherical bacteria pathogen)
病原菌 bìngyuánjūn, a pathogen/a bacterial pathogen
带菌者 dàijūnzhě, [帶菌者], asymptomatic carrier
灭菌 mièjūn, [滅菌], to sterilize
酵母菌 jiàomǔjūn, yeast/mold
抗菌素 kàngjūnsù, antibiotic
细菌战 xìjūnzhàn, [細菌戰], biological warfare/germ warfare
伞菌 sǎnjùn, [傘菌], agaric
细菌学 牛肝菌 niúgānjùn, porcino (Boletus edulis)
致病菌 zhìbìngjūn, pathogenic bacteria
菌种 jūnzhǒng, [菌種], (microorganism) species/strain/(fungus and mushroom) spore/spawn
霉菌病 菌丝 jūnsī, [菌絲], mycelium/hypha
菌落 jūnluò, bacterial colony/microbial colony
噬菌体 shìjūntǐ, [噬菌體], bacteriophage/phage/virus that infects bacteria
食用菌 黄曲霉菌 huángqūméijūn, [黃曲霉菌], Aspergillus flavus (fungus typically found on crops)
乳酸菌 rǔsuānjūn, lactic acid bacteria
苗 ⇒
疫苗 yìmiáo, vaccine
苗条 miáotiao, [苗條], (of a woman) slim/slender/graceful
苗 Miáo/miáo, Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China/surname Miao, sprout
幼苗 yòumiáo, young sprout/bud/sapling/seedling
苗头 miáotou, [苗頭], first signs/development (of a situation)
火苗 huǒmiáo, flame
苗圃 MiáoPǔ/miáopǔ, Miao Pu (1977-), PRC actress, plant nursery/seedbed
树苗 shùmiáo, [樹苗], sapling
苗族 Miáozú, Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
苗子 miáozi, young successor/seedling/sapling
香苗 豆苗 dòumiáo, pea shoots/bean seedling
鱼苗 yúmiáo, [魚苗], fry/newly hatched fish
卡介苗 kǎjièmiáo, BCG vaccine/bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine
小苗 秧苗 yāngmiáo, seedling
独苗 dúmiáo, [獨苗], only child/sole scion
菜苗 苗家 Miáojiā, see 苗族[Miáo zú]
育苗 苗木 间苗 jiànmiáo, [間苗], thinning out seedlings