fū nán

呋喃 (fū nán) is a Chinese word meaning “furan (furfuran, used in making nylon) (loanword)”.

Meanings

  1. 1furan (furfuran, used in making nylon) (loanword)

Characters in 呋喃

呋fū · used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃[fu1 nan2], furan or 呋喃西林[fu1 nan2 xi1 lin2], furacilinum喃nán · mumble in repetition

Related words

喃喃(onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to murmur呢喃(onom.) twittering of birds喃mumble in repetition呋used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃[fu1 nan2], furan or 呋喃西林[fu1 nan2 xi1 lin2], furacilinum呋喃西林furacilinum (loanword)吡喃pyran (chemistry) (loanword)呢喃细语whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring喃喃自语to mumble to oneself喃字Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)

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