大气化学 大氣化學 dà qì huà xué air chemistry / atmospheric chemistry, chemistry of the atmosphere 赵紫阳 趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then 改革技术合作促进能力建设 改革技術合作促進能力建設 Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development 沉淀 沉澱 chén diàn (chemistry) to settle / to precipitate / (chemistry) sediment / precipitate / (fig.) to accumulate syn 𨭎 xǐ seaborgium (chemistry / seaborgium (chemistry) 蒸汽 zhēng qì steam syn 热气 熱氣 rè qì steam / heat / CL:股[gu3] syn 蒸气 蒸氣 zhēng qì vapor / steam syn 水气 水氣 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam 鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 吐气 吐氣 tǔ qì to exhale / to blow off steam / (phonetics) aspirated 喷气 噴氣 pēn qì to spurt steam (or air etc) syn 水汽 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam / moisture syn 汽缸 qì gāng cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine) 汽轮机 汽輪機 qì lún jī steam turbine syn 熏蒸 燻蒸 xūn zhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate syn 汽笛 qì dí steam whistle / ship horn 蒸汽机 蒸汽機 zhēng qì jī steam engine syn 万马奔腾 萬馬奔騰 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead syn 司炉 司爐 sī lú stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) syn 汽轮发电机 汽輪發電機 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 汽 qì steam / vapor syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 馏 餾 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it syn 歊 xiāo vapor / steam 伴热 伴熱 bàn rè electric heat tracing / steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc) 水汀 shuǐ tīng steam (Shanghainese) 汽阀 汽閥 qì fá steam valve 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 蒸汽机车 蒸汽機車 zhēng qì jī chē steam locomotive 锅驼机 鍋駝機 guō tuó jī portable steam engine 蒸汽炮 zhēng qì pào steam-gun / Vaporchoc 短焰煤 duǎn yàn méi steam coal 锅炉煤 guō lú méi steam coal 饙 fēn to steam rice 水波炉 水波爐 shuǐ bō lú superheated steam oven 失去后劲 失去後勁 shī qù hòu jìn to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam 化学 化學 huà xué chemistry / chemical syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 取代 qǔ dài to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution syn 活泼 活潑 huó po lively / vivacious / brisk / active / (chemistry) reactive syn 还原 還原 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) syn 载体 載體 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry) / vector (epidemiology) / vehicle or medium 渗透 滲透 shèn tòu (lit. and fig.) to permeate / to seep into / (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population) / (of hostile forces) to infiltrate / (chemistry) osmosis syn 转化 轉化 zhuǎn huà to change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 活性 huó xìng (chemistry) activity / active / activated 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 溶液 róng yè solution (chemistry) 聚合 jù hé to come together (to form sth) / to assemble together / (chemistry) to polymerize syn 中和 zhōng hé to neutralize / to counteract / neutralization (chemistry) syn 制备 製備 zhì bèi to prepare / preparation (chemistry) syn 摩尔 摩爾 mó ěr mole (chemistry) 诱导 誘導 yòu dǎo to induce / to encourage / to provide guidance / (medicine, chemistry) to induce syn 吸附 xī fù to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption syn 无机 無機 wú jī inorganic (chemistry) 甲基 jiǎ jī methyl group (chemistry) 微量元素 wēi liàng yuán sù trace element (chemistry) 亲和力 親和力 qīn hé lì (personal) warmth / approachability / accessibility / (in a product) user friendliness / (chemistry) affinity 单体 單體 dān tǐ monomer (chemistry) 非金属 非金屬 fēi jīn shǔ nonmetal (chemistry) 透析 tòu xī to analyze in depth / dialysis / (chemistry) to dialyze / (medicine) to undergo dialysis treatment 萃取 cuì qǔ (chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction) / to extract 稀土 xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry) 理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn 无水 無水 wú shuǐ anhydrous (chemistry) / waterless / dehydrated 炼制 煉制 liàn zhì (chemistry) to refine syn 环氧树脂 環氧樹脂 huán yǎng shù zhī epoxy resin (chemistry) 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 降解 jiàng jiě (chemistry) degradation / to degrade 酰胺 xiān àn amide / acidamide (chemistry) 惰性 duò xìng inert (chemistry) / apathy / inertia / laziness 乙酰 yǐ xiān acetyl (chemistry) 糖类 糖類 táng lèi sugar (chemistry) syn 有机化学 有機化學 yǒu jī huà xué organic chemistry syn 活性剂 活性劑 huó xìng jì reagent (chemistry) 物理化学 物理化學 wù lǐ huà xué physical chemistry 化学系 化學系 huà xué xì department of chemistry 试纸 試紙 shì zhǐ (chemistry, medicine) test strip 单键 單鍵 dān jiàn single bond (chemistry) 制取 zhì qǔ (chemistry) to produce 乙基 yǐ jī ethyl group (chemistry) 数理化 數理化 shù lǐ huà abbr. for mathematics 數學|数学[shu4 xue2], physics 物理[wu4 li3] and chemistry 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] 反渗透 反滲透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 裂解 liè jiě pyrolysis / splitting (chemistry) syn 分析化学 分析化學 fēn xī huà xué analytical chemistry 丁基 dīng jī butyl group (chemistry) 闪点 閃點 shǎn diǎn flash point (chemistry) 异构 異構 yì gòu isomeric (chemistry) 无机化学 無機化學 wú jī huà xué inorganic chemistry 卤素 鹵素 lǔ sù halogen (chemistry) 咪唑 mī zuò imidazole (chemistry) (loanword) 新 xīn new / newly / meso- (chemistry) syn 硝基苯 xiāo jī běn nitrobenzene / benzoil nitrate (chemistry) 大分子 dà fēn zǐ macromolecule (chemistry) 过氧 過氧 guò yǎng peroxy- / peroxide (chemistry) 辅酶 輔酶 fǔ méi coenzyme (chemistry) 