盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 硫酸 liú suān sulfuric acid H2SO4 / sulfate 尖酸 jiān suān harsh / scathing / acid (remarks) syn 盐酸 鹽酸 yán suān hydrochloric acid HCl 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 碳酸 tàn suān carbonic acid / carbonate 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 脂肪酸 zhī fáng suān fatty acid 胃酸 wèi suān gastric acid syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 磷酸 lín suān phosphoric acid 丙烯酸 bǐng xī suān acrylic acid C3H4O2 乳酸 rǔ suān lactic acid 氨基酸 ān jī suān amino acid 硝酸 xiāo suān nitric acid syn 油酸 yóu suān oleic acid 酸雨 suān yǔ acid rain 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 乙酸 yǐ suān acetic acid (CH3COOH) / ethanoic acid syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 核酸 hé suān nucleic acid / (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸檢測|核酸检测[he2suan1 jian3ce4]) 柠檬酸 檸檬酸 níng méng suān citric acid 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn 酸溜溜 suān liū liū sour / acid syn 醋酸 cù suān acetic acid (CH3COOH) / acetate syn 叶酸 葉酸 yè suān folic acid 氰酸 qíng suān cyanic acid HCN 苯甲酸 běn jiǎ suān benzoic acid C6H5COOH 硬脂酸 yìng zhī suān stearic acid / stearate 硼酸 péng suān boric acid H3BO3 谷氨酸 穀氨酸 gǔ ān suān glutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 甲酸 jiǎ suān formylic acid (HCOOH) / formic acid / methanoic acid 水杨酸 水楊酸 shuǐ yáng suān salicylic acid 烟酸 煙酸 yān suān niacin (vitamin B3) / 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid C6H5NO2 / nicotinic acid syn 硅酸 guī suān silicic acid / silicate 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 抗坏血酸 抗壞血酸 kàng huài xuè suān vitamin C / ascorbic acid 亚硝酸 亞硝酸 yà xiāo suān nitrous acid 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 乳酸菌 rǔ suān jūn lactic acid bacteria 草酸 cǎo suān oxalic acid C2H2O4 耐酸 nài suān acid-resistant 赖氨酸 賴氨酸 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 酒石酸 jiǔ shí suān tartaric acid 蛋氨酸 dàn ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 酪氨酸 lào ān suān tyrosine (Tyr), an amino acid 耐受性 nài shòu xìng tolerance (to heat, acid etc) / resistance 醇酸 chún suān alkyd / alcohol acid / hydroxyacid 羧酸 suō suān carboxylic acid 丙氨酸 bǐng ān suān alanine (Ala), an amino acid 透明质酸 透明質酸 tòu míng zhì suān hyaluronic acid / hyaluronan 冰醋酸 bīng cù suān glacial acetic acid syn 半胱氨酸 bàn guāng ān suān cysteine (Cys), an amino acid / mercaptoethyl amine 亚麻酸 亞麻酸 yà má suān linolenic acid 甘氨酸 gān ān suān glycine (Gly), an amino acid 精氨酸 jīng ān suān argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid 色氨酸 sè ān suān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 酸 suān sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid syn 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 氢氟酸 氫氟酸 qīng fú suān hydrofluoric acid HF 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 亚硫酸 亞硫酸 yà liú suān sulfurous acid H2SO3 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn 单宁酸 單寧酸 dān níng suān tannic acid (loanword) 氟化氢 氟化氫 fú huà qīng hydrofluoric acid syn 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 氢溴酸 氫溴酸 qīng xiù suān hydrobromic acid HBr 弱酸 ruò suān weak acid 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 丙酮酸 bǐng tóng suān pyruvic acid CH3COCOOH 丝氨酸 絲氨酸 sī ān suān serine (Ser), an amino acid 苏氨酸 蘇氨酸 sū ān suān threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid 己二酸 jǐ èr suān adipic acid 亮氨酸 liàng ān suān leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid 组氨酸 組氨酸 zǔ ān suān histidine (His), an essential amino acid 高氯酸 gāo lǜ suān perchloric acid 碘酸 diǎn suān iodic acid 异亮氨酸 異亮氨酸 yì liàng ān suān isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid 酰 xiān acid radical / -acyl (chemistry) 镪 鏹 qiāng sulfuric acid 核糖核酸 hé táng hé suān ribonucleic acid (RNA) 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 次氯酸 cì lǜ suān hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach) 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 软脂酸 軟脂酸 ruǎn zhī suān palmitic acid (chemistry) 酸雾 酸霧 suān wù acid fog 漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 氢卤酸 氫鹵酸 qīng lǔ suān hydrohalic acid (e.g. hydrofluoric acid HF 氫氟酸|氢氟酸[qing1 fu2 suan1], hydrochloric acid HCl 鹽酸|盐酸[yan2 suan1] etc) 废酸 廢酸 fèi suān spent acid / sludge acid / waste acid 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 