喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) syn 酒精 jiǔ jīng (coll.) ethanol / ethyl alcohol syn 酒后 酒後 jiǔ hòu after drinking / under the influence of alcohol 酝酿 醞釀 yùn niàng (of alcohol) to ferment / (of a crisis) to be brewing / to mull over (an issue) / to hold exploratory discussions syn 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 禁酒 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law 擦洗 cā xǐ to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub syn 酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine) 乙醇 yǐ chún ethanol / ethyl alcohol syn 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 醒酒 xǐng jiǔ to dissipate the effects of alcohol / to sober up 烟酒 煙酒 yān jiǔ tobacco and alcohol 胃酸 wèi suān gastric acid syn 磷酸 lín suān phosphoric acid 丙烯酸 bǐng xī suān acrylic acid C3H4O2 乳酸 rǔ suān lactic acid 酒瘾 酒癮 jiǔ yǐn alcohol addiction 专柜 專櫃 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) 度数 度數 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc) 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 甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit 乙酸 yǐ suān acetic acid (CH3COOH) / ethanoic acid syn 下酒 xià jiǔ to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink 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 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 丙醇 bǐng chún propanol / propyl alcohol C3H7OH 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 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 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 乳酸菌 rǔ suān jūn lactic acid bacteria 草酸 cǎo suān oxalic acid C2H2O4 维纶 維綸 wéi lún vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword) 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 泡吧 pào bā to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc) / to go clubbing 解酒 jiě jiǔ to dissipate the effects of alcohol 耐酸 nài suān acid-resistant 赖氨酸 賴氨酸 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid 劝酒 勸酒 quàn jiǔ to urge sb to drink alcohol syn 闷酒 悶酒 mèn jiǔ alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows 酒石酸 jiǔ shí suān tartaric acid 酒力 jiǔ lì capacity for alcohol / ability to hold drink 蛋氨酸 dàn ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid 酪氨酸 lào ān suān tyrosine (Tyr), an amino acid 耐受性 nài shòu xìng tolerance (to heat, acid etc) / resistance 羧酸 suō suān carboxylic acid 丙氨酸 bǐng ān suān alanine (Ala), an amino acid 丁醇 dīng chún butanol / butyl alcohol C4H9OH 甘露醇 gān lù chún mannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol 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 异丙醇 異丙醇 yì bǐng chún isopropanol / isopropyl alcohol C3H8O 精氨酸 jīng ān suān argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid 色氨酸 sè ān suān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid 烧锅 燒鍋 shāo guō a still (for distilling alcohol) 酸 suān sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid syn 氢氟酸 氫氟酸 qīng fú suān hydrofluoric acid HF 亚硫酸 亞硫酸 yà liú suān sulfurous acid H2SO3 单宁酸 單寧酸 dān níng suān tannic acid (loanword) 氟化氢 氟化氫 fú huà qīng hydrofluoric acid syn 氢溴酸 氫溴酸 qīng xiù suān hydrobromic acid HBr 弱酸 ruò suān weak acid 丙酮酸 bǐng tóng suān pyruvic acid CH3COCOOH 禁酒令 jìn jiǔ lìng prohibition / ban on alcohol 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) 次氯酸 cì lǜ suān hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach) 软脂酸 軟脂酸 ruǎn zhī suān palmitic acid (chemistry) 酸雾 酸霧 suān wù acid fog 酦 醱 pō to ferment alcohol / Taiwan pr. 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