氧化 (yǎng huà) — (chemistry) to oxidize | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

(chemistry) to oxidize

Examples

氧化。
Tiě zài cháo shī de kōng qì zhōng huì yǎng huà.
Iron will oxidize in humid air.
氧化。
Zhè zhǒng huà xué fǎn yìng shǐ jīn shǔ biǎo miàn yǎng huà le.
This chemical reaction has oxidized the metal surface.
，氧化。
Wēn dù tài gāo shí, yóu róng yì yǎng huà.
When the temperature is too high, oil is easily oxidized.

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.

化huàturn into

"氧" (oxygen) and "化" (turn into) mean to turn into an oxygenated state.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

气气qìgas

Sound part声符shēngfú

養

養yǎng氧yǎng

Same sound today

氧 pairs 气 (gas) with 養 (to nourish), and 養 gives the sound yǎng.

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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