created sense approved 硝化 · xiāohuà · to nitrify — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
硝化
xiāohuà
to nitrify
to introduce a nitro group into a chemical compound, usually by using nitric acid or a related chemical
硝 (literal) → 硝 · xiāo · saltpeter 化 (bound) → 化 · huà · [...-ize]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition