丙烯酸 (bǐng xī suān) — acrylic acid | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

acrylic acid

丙烯酸。
bǐng xī suān Shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de huà gōng yuán liào.
Acrylic acid is an important chemical raw material.
丙烯酸。
Zhè zhǒng tú liào hán yǒu bǐng xī suān.
This paint contains acrylic acid.
丙烯酸，。
Gōng rén xū yào xiǎo xīn chǔ lǐ bǐng xī suān, yīn wèi tā yǒu fǔ shí xìng.
Workers need to handle acrylic acid carefully because it is corrosive.

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.

丙烯propylene

丙bǐngthree烯xīalkene

偏正Modifier + head

'丙烯' names the propylene group, and '酸' marks it as an acid.

Characters in this word

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

The old shape of 丙 may have drawn a pedestal or small table, but its original picture is uncertain; it was used early for the third Heavenly Stem.

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

火希烯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

希

Same sound today

烯 pairs 火 (fire) with 希, which gives the sound.

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

酉夋酸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

夋

夋qūn酸suān

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

酸 is built from 酉 and 夋, and 夋 gives the sound.

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