二氧化碳
èryǎnghuàtàn
carbon dioxide
Characters in this word
氧 yǎng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
化 huà
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle
碳 tàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 汽水里冒出来的气泡就是二氧化碳。 Qìshuǐ lǐ mào chūlai de qìpào jiùshì èryǎnghuàtàn. The bubbles rising in soda are carbon dioxide.
- 树木能吸收二氧化碳，所以多种树对环境有好处。 Shùmù néng xīshōu èryǎnghuàtàn, suǒyǐ duō zhòng shù duì huánjìng yǒu hǎochù. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, so planting more trees is good for the environment.
- 人呼出的气体里有二氧化碳，所以房间要经常通风。 Rén hūchū de qìtǐ lǐ yǒu èryǎnghuàtàn, suǒyǐ fángjiān yào jīngcháng tōngfēng. The air people breathe out contains carbon dioxide, so rooms need to be aired often.
Related words
- 二 èr two
- 二手 èrshǒu secondhand; used
- 二维码 èrwéimǎ scannable code
- 独一无二 dúyīwú'èr unique; one of a kind
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 数一数二 shǔyīshǔ'èr among the very best; second to none
- 一干二净 yìgān'èrjìng thoroughly; completely
- 氧气 yǎngqì oxygen
- 变化 biànhuà change
- 化 huà to change into
- 文化 wénhuà culture
- 消化 xiāohuà to digest