梯恩梯

tī'ēntī

noun

Meanings

1 TNT
2 trinitrotoluene

Characters

the letter T (sound only)

the letter N (sound only)

Examples

HSK 7-9

梯恩梯是一种烈性炸药。

Tī'ēntī shì yì zhǒng lièxìng zhàyào.

TNT is a high explosive.

HSK 7-9

这枚炸弹装了五百公斤梯恩梯。

Zhè méi zhàdàn zhuāng le wǔbǎi gōngjīn tī'ēntī.

This bomb was packed with 500 kilograms of TNT.

Tips

usage

The three characters spell out the letters T-N-T by sound. In speech most people simply say TNT; the chemical name is 三硝基甲苯, and 黄色炸药 'yellow explosive' is another name. The word lives on in 梯恩梯当量, the TNT equivalent of a blast.

Stroke Order

梯 tī

恩 ēn