(bound form) any of a class of organic chemical compounds composed only of carbon and hydrogen; also called 碳氢化合物 tàn​qīng​huà​hé​wù

Suffix appearing after nouns or adjectives that expresses a transformation into a certain state or quality, meaning "-ize" or "-ization"

the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāo​huà plus this word for "digestion"