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xiāo

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xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
saltpeter; to tan leather

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About xiāo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xiāo

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mineral

Etymology of xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石肖

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiāo

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fèi suān bèi sòng tuō xiāo .

The spent acid is passed on to be denitrated.

施用 shī yòng liáng 氮肥 de 土壤 tǔrǎng ,通常 tōngcháng 硝酸 xiāo suān gài 占优势 zhàn yōu shì .

The nitrate form commonly dominates where liberal nitrogen fertilization is practiced.

Cóng běn jīng 制取苯基 běn jī 硝基甲烷 jiǎ wán jiù yòng 这个 zhè ge 方法 fāngfǎ .

This is a generally known method for obtaining phenylnitromethane from benzyl cyanide.

硝化对位 duì wèi 异丙甲苯 jiǎ běn shí huì 生成 shēng chéng èr 硝基甲苯 jiǎ běn .

The nitration of pcymene may lead to dinitrotoluene.

dié 氨化 yín róng Shuǐ huò 硝酸 xiāo suān .

Silver azide does not dissolve in water or in nitric acid.

Words with xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiāo saltpeter xiāo
硝烟 xiāo yān smoke (from guns)硝煙
硝酸 xiāo suān nitric acid硝酸 xiāo suān
亚硝酸 yà xiāo suān nitrous acid亞硝酸
硝酸铵 xiāo suān ǎn ammonium nitrate硝酸銨
硝酸盐 xiāo suān yán nitrate硝酸鹽
甲硝唑 jiǎ xiāo zuò Flagyl (trade name)甲硝唑 jiǎ xiāo zuò
硝酸甘油 xiāo suān gān yóu nitroglycerine硝酸甘油 xiāo suān gān yóu
硝基苯 xiāo jī běn nitrobenzene硝基苯 xiāo jī běn
芒硝 máng xiāo Glauber's salt芒硝 máng xiāo
硝石 xiāo shí niter硝石 xiāo shí
硝酸银 xiāo suān yín silver nitrate硝酸銀
亚硝酸盐 yà xiāo suān yán nitrite亞硝酸鹽
硝酸钠 xiāo suān nà sodium nitrate硝酸鈉
硝酸钾 xiāo suān jiǎ potassium nitrate硝酸鉀
硝化甘油 xiāo huà gān yóu nitroglycerine硝化甘油 xiāo huà gān yóu
硝酸钙 xiāo suān gài calcium nitrate硝酸鈣
朴硝 pò xiāo (impure) mirabilite, Na2SO4x10H2O (used in TCM)朴硝 pò xiāo

xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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