硝酸

Chinese

		saltpetre; to tan (leather)	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (硝酸)		硝	酸
simp. #(硝酸)		硝	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāosuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ syun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-sng / siau-soan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāosuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaosuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-suan¹
    • Yale: syāu-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiausuan
    • Palladius: сяосуань (sjaosuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ syun¹
    • Yale: sīu syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-sng
    • Tâi-lô: siau-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siausngf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-soan
    • Tâi-lô: siau-suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siausoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁴⁴/

Noun

硝酸

1. (inorganic chemistry) nitric acid (HNO₃)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 硝酸 (“nitric acid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硝酸
Mandarin	Beijing	壞水兒
	Taiwan	硝酸
	Harbin	壞水兒
	Yangzhou	硝鏹水
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	硝酸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	硝酸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	硝酸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	硝酸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	硝酸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	硝酸
Southern Min	Xiamen	硝酸
Wu	Shanghai	硝鏹水

Derived terms

• 亞硝酸／亚硝酸 (yàxiāosuān)
• 亞硝酸鹽／亚硝酸盐 (yàxiāosuānyán)
• 單硝酸異山梨酯／单硝酸异山梨酯 (dānxiāosuān yìshānlízhǐ)
• 單硝酸異山梨醇酯／单硝酸异山梨醇酯 (dānxiāosuān yìshānlíchúnzhǐ)
• 發煙硝酸／发烟硝酸
• 硝酸汞 (xiāosuāngǒng)
• 硝酸甘油 (xiāosuān gānyóu)
• 硝酸纖維素／硝酸纤维素 (xiāosuān xiānwéisù)
• 硝酸酯 (xiāosuānzhǐ)
• 硝酸釷／硝酸钍 (xiāosuāntǔ)
• 硝酸鈣／硝酸钙 (xiāosuāngài)
• 硝酸鈉／硝酸钠 (xiāosuānnà)
• 硝酸鉛／硝酸铅 (xiāosuānqiān)
• 硝酸鉀／硝酸钾 (xiāosuānjiǎ)
• 硝酸銀／硝酸银 (xiāosuānyín)
• 硝酸銨／硝酸铵 (xiāosuān'ǎn)
• 硝酸銅／硝酸铜 (xiāosuāntóng)
• 硝酸鋁／硝酸铝 (xiāosuānlǚ)
• 硝酸鋇／硝酸钡 (xiāosuānbèi)
• 硝酸鎂／硝酸镁 (xiāosuānměi)
• 硝酸鐵／硝酸铁 (xiāosuāntiě)
• 硝酸鹽／硝酸盐 (xiāosuānyán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (硝酸):

• → Japanese: 硝(しょう)酸(さん) (shōsan)
• → Korean: 초산(硝酸) (chosan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
硝	酸
しょう Grade: S	さん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

硝(しょう)酸(さん) • (shōsan) 

1. (chemistry) nitric acid (HNO₃)