呋喃

fūnán
furan (furfuran, used in making nylon) (loanword)

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Entry Composition

1 呋 fū
  1. used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃 fūnán, furan or 呋喃西林 fūnánxīlín, furacilinum
  2. old variant of 趺 fū
2 喃 nán mumble in repetition