硫酸盐 (liú suān yán) — sulfate (chemical compound)

Definition

noun
sulfate (chemical compound)

Examples

  • 硫酸盐。
    Zhè zhǒng liú suān yán cháng yòng yú gōng yè zhì zào.
    This type of sulfate is commonly used in industrial manufacturing.
  • 硫酸盐。
    Shuǐ zhōng liú suān yán hán liàng guò gāo huì yǐng xiǎng jiàn kāng.
    Excessive sulfate content in water can affect health.
  • 硫酸盐。
    Shí yàn shì lǐ xū yào jiǎn cè liú suān yán de nóng dù.
    In the lab, we need to measure the concentration of sulfate.

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.

硫酸sulfuric acid
硫liúsulfur酸suānacid
偏正Modifier + head
盐yánsalt

硫 (sulfur) and 酸 (acid) form sulfuric acid, and 盐 (salt) names its salt.

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
石石shístone
Sound part声符shēngfú
流
流liú硫liú
Same sound today

The left part 石 is stone; the right part 流 supplies the sound liú.

Open 硫 →

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

酸 is built from 酉 and 夋, and 夋 gives the sound.

Open 酸 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鹽; 盐 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鹵鹵lǔsalt
Sound part声符shēngfú
監
監jiān鹽yán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鹽 uses 鹵 to show salt and 監 for the sound; the simplified 盐 is a later shorthand.

Open 盐 →

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