丙醇 (bǐng chún) — propyl alcohol | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

propyl alcohol

Examples

丙醇。
Zhè zhǒng bǐng chún shì yì zhǒng cháng yòng de yǒu jī róng jì.
This propyl alcohol is a commonly used organic solvent.
丙醇，。
Shí yàn shì lǐ xū yào xiǎo xīn shǐ yòng bǐng chún, yīn wèi tā yì rán.
In the lab, you need to handle propyl alcohol carefully because it is flammable.
丙醇。
Gōng yè shàng bǐng chún bèi yòng lái shēng chǎn qí tā huà xué pǐn.
In industry, propyl alcohol is used to produce other chemicals.

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.

醇chúnalcohol

丙 marks the three-carbon chain, and 醇 means alcohol, giving propyl alcohol.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

𦎧

𦎧𦎧醇chún

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

醇 is built from 酉 and 𦎧, with 𦎧 giving the sound.

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