水解 (shuǐ jiě) — hydrolysis (chemical reaction involving water to break bonds)

Definition

noun
hydrolysis (chemical reaction involving water to break bonds)

Examples

  • 水解。
    shuǐ jiě Shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de huà xué fǎn yìng guò chéng.
    Hydrolysis is an important chemical reaction process.
  • 水解。
    Zhǐ lèi huà hé wù zài shuǐ jiě fǎn yìng zhōng huì shēng chéng suān hé chún.
    Ester compounds generate acid and alcohol in a hydrolysis reaction.
  • 水解。
    Méi tōng cháng kě yǐ jiā sù shuǐ jiě fǎn yìng.
    Enzymes can usually accelerate hydrolysis reactions.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

水shuǐwater
解jiěbreak apart

水 refers to water, and 解 gives breaking apart, as in hydrolysis.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

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