水银 shui3 yin2

mercury; quicksilver

Traditional: 水銀

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English Phonetic: 'mә:kjuri
Detailed Definition: n. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures\nn. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes\nn. the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun\nn. temperature measured by a mercury thermometer