xiāo​huà

to nitrify

  • created sense approved 硝化 · xiāo​huà · to nitrify — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    硝化

    xiāo​huà

    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

    created sense