噻吩 sāifēn thiophene Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 噻 sāi phonetic [transliteration] (bound form) character used in transliterating names of chemical compounds, such as 噻吩 sāifēn and 噻唑 sāizuò吩 fēn phonetic [chemical transliteration] (bound form) used in the transliteration of chemical names; for example, in words for specific chemical compounds