咔啉

kǎlín
  1. (organic chemistry) carboline
  2. carboline

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Entry Composition

1 咔 kǎ (used as phonetic "ka")
=2 啉 lín used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉 bǔlín and quinoline 喹啉 kuílín
=2 啉 lán
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to finish drinking
  2. (historical dictionaries only) to pour a round of alcoholic drink
  3. to finish drinking
  4. to pour a round of alcoholic drink
=2 啉 lán
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stupid
  2. Used in transcription, especially of chemical names.
  3. stupid