旋光

Chinese

		lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (旋光)		旋	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánguang
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-kuang¹
    • Yale: sywán-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanguang
    • Palladius: сюаньгуан (sjuanʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: syùhn gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

旋光

1. (chemistry, of an optically active substance) to rotate the plane of polarised light as it travels through that substance

Derived terms

• 旋光儀／旋光仪 (xuánguāngyí)
• 旋光度 (xuánguāngdù)
• 旋光性 (xuánguāngxìng)
• 旋光法
• 旋光率 (xuánguānglǜ)
• 旋光計／旋光计 (xuánguāngjì)