溶液 (róng yè) — solution (chemistry) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

solution (chemistry)

Examples

溶液。
Bǎ yán fàng zài shuǐ lǐ jiù néng dé dào róng yè.
If you put salt in water, you can get a solution.
溶液。
Zhè ge róng yè de nóng dù shì bǎi fēn zhī wǔ.
The concentration of this solution is five percent.
溶液。
Shí yàn shì lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng róng yè.
There are many kinds of solutions in the lab.

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.

溶róngdissolved

液yèliquid

溶 dissolved and 液 liquid combine to mean a solution.

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.

氵容溶

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵夜液

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

夜

夜yè液yè

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 夜 gives the sound; together they form 液, a liquid, like water.

Appears in

Physics & Chemistry

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