míng​fán

alum

  • created reference approved 明矾/明礬 → 白矾/白礬 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    明矾 / 明礬 míng​fán

    白矾 / 白礬 bái​fán

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 明矾/明礬 → 明石 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    明矾 / 明礬 míng​fán

    明石 míng​shí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 明矾/明礬 · míng​fán · alum — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    明矾 / 明礬

    míng​fán

    alum

    A colorless crystalline compound used as a water purifier, as a mordant in dyeing, and in leather tanning or paper manufacturing; also called [[白矾|白礬|bai2 fan2]] or [[明石|明石|ming2 shi2]].

    明 (literal) → 明 · míng · bright 矾 (literal) → 矾/礬 · fán · alum

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense