丙酮 (bǐng tóng) — acetone | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

acetone

Examples

丙酮。
bǐng tóng Shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de huà xué róng jì.
Acetone is an important chemical solvent.
丙酮。
Shí yàn shì lǐ jīng cháng shǐ yòng bǐng tóng lái qīng xǐ yí qì.
In the lab, they often use acetone to clean instruments.
丙酮。
bǐng tóng Kě yǐ róng jiě hěn duō yǒu jī wù.
Acetone can dissolve many organic substances.

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.

丙bǐngthree-carbon

丙 means three carbons and 酮 means ketone, naming the three-carbon ketone.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Physics & Chemistry

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