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jiàn
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. key (on a piano or computer keyboard)
  2. 2. button (on a mouse or other device)
  3. 3. chemical bond
  4. 4. linchpin

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Words Containing 键

热键
rè jiàn

hotkey

回车键
huí chē jiàn

carriage return

左箭头键
zuǒ jiàn tóu jiàn

left arrow key (on keyboard)

键槽
jiàn cáo

key slot

关键字
guān jiàn zì

keyword

键词
jiàn cí

keyword

退格键
tuì gé jiàn

backspace (keyboard)

电键
diàn jiàn

electric key

空格键
kòng gé jiàn

space bar (keyboard)

双键
shuāng jiàn

double bond (chemistry)

氢键
qīng jiàn

hydrogen bond

下箭头键
xià jiàn tóu jiàn

down arrow key (on keyboard)

按键
àn jiàn

button or key (on a device)

肽键
tài jiàn

peptide bond CO-NH

价键
jià jiàn

valence bond (chemistry)

快捷键
kuài jié jiàn

(computer) shortcut key

上箭头键
shàng jiàn tóu jiàn

up arrow key (on keyboard)

键盘
jiàn pán

keyboard

关键绩效指标
guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāo

key performance indicator (KPI)

右箭头键
yòu jiàn tóu jiàn

right arrow key (on keyboard)

琴键
qín jiàn

a piano key

键盘乐器
jiàn pán yuè qì

keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc)

键盘侠
jiàn pán xiá

keyboard warrior

化学键
huà xué jiàn

chemical bond

关键
guān jiàn

crucial point

箭头键
jiàn tóu jiàn

arrow key (on keyboard)

键入
jiàn rù

to key in

关键词
guān jiàn cí

keyword

色键
sè jiàn

chroma key

按键音
àn jiàn yīn

keypad tone

单键
dān jiàn

single bond (chemistry)

舒眠键
shū mián jiàn

sleep mode button (on the remote control of an air conditioner)

二硫键
èr liú jiàn

disulfide (chemistry)

暂停键
zàn tíng jiàn

pause button

键帽
jiàn mào

keycap

以慎为键
yǐ shèn wéi jiàn

to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully

共价键
gòng jià jiàn

covalent bond (chemistry)

大键琴
dà jiàn qín

a harpsichord

离子键
lí zǐ jiàn

ionic bond (chemistry)

金属键
jīn shǔ jiàn

metallic bond

三键
sān jiàn

triple bond (chemistry)