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liú

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liú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liú | liu2
English translation
sulfur

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About liú

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

liú

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mineral

Etymology of liú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石㐬

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

liú

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Example sentences using liú

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liú zhú suān yán de 制备 zhì bèi 说明 shuōmíng zhè 一点 yī diǎn .

The preparation of salts of thionic acids illustrates this point.

使用 shǐyòng 硫酸钙 liú suān gài zuò 原料 yuánliào ,需要 xūyào gēng duō de 基建 jī jiàn 投资 tóuzī .

The use of calcium sulfate requires an greater capital investment.

磷酸 lín suān 三钙组分 zǔ fèn 转化 zhuǎn huà 成为 chéngwéi 磷酸 lín suān 硫酸钙 liú suān gài .

The tricalcium phosphate constituent is converted to phosphoric acid and calcium sulfate.

半水物硫酸钙 liú suān gài 可以 kěyǐ yòng lái 代替 dàitì 石膏 shí gāo .

Hemihydrate can be used instead of gypsum.

认为 rènwéi tàn 最初 zuìchū 硫酸 liú suān gài 反应 fǎnyìng 生成 shēng chéng 硫化 liú huà gài .

He postulated that the carbon reacts initially with the sulfate to form calc ium sulfide.

Words with liú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
硫磺 liú huáng sulfur硫磺 liú huáng
liú sulfur (chemistry) liú
硫酸 liú suān sulfate硫酸 liú suān
二氧化硫 èr yǎng huà liú sulfur dioxide SO2二氧化硫 èr yǎng huà liú
硫化 liú huà vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat)硫化 liú huà
硫化氢 liú huà qīng hydrogen sulfide H2S硫化氫
硫酸盐 liú suān yán sulfate硫酸鹽
亚硫酸 yà liú suān sulfurous acid H2SO3亞硫酸
硫酸钠 liú suān nà sodium sulfate硫酸鈉
硫酸铵 liú suān ǎn ammonium sulfate硫酸銨
硫代硫酸钠 liú dài liú suān nà sodium hyposulfide硫代硫酸鈉
二硫化碳 èr liú huà tàn carbon disulfide二硫化碳 èr liú huà tàn
硫黄 liú huáng sulfur硫黃

liú Decomposition & Compounds

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