液化 (yè huà) — to liquefy | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A technical verb meaning to convert a gas into a liquid by cooling or pressure. Often used in science/engineering contexts (e.g. 液化天然气 'LNG') and typically appears with 把 in 把-construction.

verb

to liquefy

Examples

液化。
Tiān rán qì jīng guò lěng què hòu kě yǐ yè huà.
Natural gas can be liquefied after cooling.
液化。
Zhè zhǒng shè bèi néng bǎ kōng qì yè huà.
This equipment can liquefy air.
液化。
yè huà Shí yóu qì shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de rán liào.
Liquefied petroleum gas is an important fuel.

Origin

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.

液yèliquid

液 gives the idea of liquid and 化 gives becoming, so to become liquid.

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.

氵夜液

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

夜

夜yè液yè

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 夜 gives the sound; together they form 液, a liquid, like water.

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.

Appears in

Physics & Chemistry

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