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溶化 (róng huà) — to dissolve (of solid in liquid)

Definition

A solid dissolving in a liquid (sugar in water). 比 融化 more technical/chemistry-leaning; 融化 is more common for ice/snow melting.

verb
to dissolve (of solid in liquid)

Examples

  • 溶化。
    Táng zài shuǐ lǐ hěn kuài jiù róng huà le.
    Sugar dissolves quickly in water.
  • 溶化。
    Zhè zhǒng yào piàn xū yào fàng zài shuǐ lǐ róng huà hòu zài hē.
    This kind of tablet needs to be dissolved in water before drinking.
  • 溶化。
    Yán zài rè shuǐ zhōng huì màn màn róng huà.
    Salt will slowly dissolve in hot water.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

溶róngdissolve
化huàmelt

溶 and 化 both point to becoming liquid, so together they mean to dissolve or melt.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
容
容róng溶róng
Same sound today

溶 has 氵 (water) on the left and 容 on the right, with 容 giving the sound róng.

Open 溶 →

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.

Open 化 →
Appears in
Physics & Chemistry

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