化合 (huà hé) — chemical combination

Definition

A chemistry term for the joining of two or more substances into a new compound, used in scientific and textbook contexts.

noun
chemical combination

Examples

  • 化合。
    Qīng qì hé yǎng qì tōng guò huà hé shēng chéng shuǐ.
    Hydrogen and oxygen produce water through chemical combination.
  • ,化合。
    Gāo wēn xià, zhè liǎng zhǒng jīn shǔ huì fā shēng huà hé.
    At high temperatures, these two metals will undergo chemical combination.
  • 化合。
    huà hé Shì huà xué yán jiū zhōng de jī běn guò chéng zhī yī.
    Chemical combination is one of the fundamental processes in chemistry.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

化huàtransform
合hécombine

化, transform, and 合, combine, together describe a chemical joining.

Characters in this word

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.

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

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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