盐

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salt; CL:粒[li4]

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Formation & memory

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Components 圤皿

salt · Heisig RSH #2487

土 soil + magic wand + dish

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
生理盐水	shēng lǐ yán shuǐ	saline (medicine)
盐山县	Yán shān Xiàn	Yanshan, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市\|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
海盐县	Hǎi yán Xiàn	Haiyan, a county in Jiaxing City 嘉興市\|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang
无机盐	wú jī yán	inorganic salt
盐城市	Yán chéng Shì	Yancheng, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省\|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
油盐不进	yóu yán bù jìn	(idiom) impervious to persuasion; unreceptive; impossible to get through to
黄原酸盐	huáng yuán suān yán	xanthate
盐边县	Yán biān Xiàn	Yanbian, a county in Panzhihua City 攀枝花市[Pan1 zhi1 hua1 Shi4], Sichuan
盐成土	yán chéng tǔ	halosol (soil taxonomy)
盐源县	Yán yuán Xiàn	Yanyuan, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州\|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 z…
盐山	Yán shān	see 鹽山縣\|盐山县[Yan2 shan1 Xian4]
盐水	yán shuǐ	salt water; brine
酸式盐	suān shì yán	acid salt
盐湖区	Yán hú Qū	Yanhu, a district of Yuncheng City 運城市\|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi
盐田区	Yán tián Qū	Yantian, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong
海盐	Hǎi yán	see 海鹽縣\|海盐县[Hai3 yan2 Xian4]
海盐	hǎi yán	sea salt
盐分	yán fèn	salt content
温盐环流	wēn yán huán liú	(oceanography) thermohaline circulation
伤口上撒盐	shāng kǒu shàng sǎ yán	(fig.) to rub salt in the wound