氯化 (lǜ huā) — to chlorinate; chlorination

Definition

verb

to chlorinatechlorination

Easily confused

氯化。
Shí yàn yāo qiú bǎ róng yè lǜ huā chǔ lǐ.
The experiment requires chlorinating the solution.
氯化。
Zhè ge fǎn yìng shì diǎn xíng de lǜ huā fǎn yìng.
This reaction is a typical chlorination reaction.
，氯化。
Zài gāo wēn xià, jiǎ wán kě yǐ bèi lǜ huā.
Methane can be chlorinated under high temperature.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

氯lǜchlorine

化huàto turn into

氯 means chlorine, and 化 means to turn into: making something chlorinated.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

彔

彔lù氯lǜ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

氯 pairs 气 (gas) with 彔, which gives the sound; 彔 is also a shortened form of a character meaning green.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.