| 淀 | [ diàn  ]    sediment, precipitate | 
| 淀山湖 | [ diàn shān hú  ]    Dianshan Lake between Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province | 
| 淀积 | [ diàn jī  ]    deposit, alluvium (shallow water sediment) | 
| 淀积物 | [ diàn jī wù  ]    deposit, alluvium (shallow water sediment) | 
| 淀粉 | [ diàn fěn  ]    starch, amylum C6H10O5 | 
| 淀粉酶 | [ diàn fěn meí  ]    amylase | 
| ⇒ 动物淀粉 | [ dòng wù diàn fěn  ]    glycogen | 
| ⇒ 木薯淀粉 | [ mù shǔ diàn fěn  ]    tapioca | 
| ⇒ 沉淀 | [ chén diàn  ]    to settle, to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution) | 
| ⇒ 沉淀物 | [ chén diàn wù  ]    precipitate, solid sediment | 
| ⇒ 海淀 | [ haǐ diàn  ]    Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1] | 
| ⇒ 海淀区 | [ haǐ diàn qū  ]    Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1] | 
| ⇒ 海淀图书城 | [ haǐ diàn tú shū chéng  ]    Haidian Book City, Beijing bookstore | 
| ⇒ 玉米淀粉 | [ yù mǐ diàn fěn  ]    corn starch | 
| ⇒ 白洋淀 | [ baí yáng diàn  ]    Lake Baiyangdian | 
| ⇒ 积淀 | [ jī diàn  ]    deposits accumulated over long periods, fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom |