"Compound" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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合成 hé chéng to compose / to constitute / compound / synthesis / mixture / synthetic
复合 fù hé complex / compound / composite / hybrid / to compound / to combine
配制 pèi zhì to compound (medicines etc) / to prepare (by mixing ingredients) / to concoct
大院 dà yuàn courtyard (surrounded by many buildings) / compound / great institution
复式 fù shì double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting)
合成物 hé chéng wù compound / composite / cocktail
复果 fù guǒ compound
化合物 huà hé wù chemical compound
药剂 yào jì medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound
挥发 huī fā to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile
复方 fù fāng compound prescription (involving several medicines)
会意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc)
组分 zǔ fèn components / individual parts making up a compound
声母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])
进 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
有机化合物 yǒu jī huà hé wù organic compound
单眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
复利 fù lì compound interest
走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
无机物 wú jī wù inorganic compound
大杂院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together
水合物 shuǐ hé wù hydrate / hydrated compound
复叶 fù yè compound leaf (botany)
词缀 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics)
形声 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
复句 fù jù compound phrase
复眼 fù yǎn compound eye
形声字 xíng shēng zì phono-semantic compound character
六书 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 / - namely, two primary methods: 象形 / (pictogram), 指事 / (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 / (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 / (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 / (loan), 轉注|转注 / (transfer)
数量词 shù liàng cí numeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次、三套、五本 / etc)
合成词 hé chéng cí compound word
单一合体字 dān yī hé tǐ zì unique compound
复韵母 fù yùn mǔ compound final
会意字 huì yì zì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound
联合式合成词 lián hé shì hé chéng cí coordinative compound word
偏正式合成词 piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí modified compound word
字根合体字 zì gēn hé tǐ zì stem compound
吖嗪 ā qín -azine / heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen in their ring such as pyridine 吡啶[bi3 ding4] C5H5N, pyrazine 噠嗪|哒嗪[da1 qin2] C4H4N2 or pyrimidine 嘧啶[mi4 ding4] C4H4N2
苯并噻吩 běn bìng sāi fēn benzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound (with one benzene ring and one cyclopentene ring)
复合母音 fù hé mǔ yīn diphthong / compound vowel
复比 fù bǐ compound ratio (i.e. the product of two or more ratios)
解离 jiě lí dissociation / to break up a chemical compound into its elements
连比 lián bǐ compound ratio
吉吉里大院 jí jí lǐ dài yuàn Gigiri compound
臭氧消耗物质  ozone-depleting compound / ozone-depleting substance
脂质体药物 zhī zhì tǐ yào wù liposomal drug / liposomal formulation / lipid-encapsulated compound
铝热剂 lu:3 rè jì thermitic compound / thermite
复计年增长率  Compound Annual Growth Rate
毒性化合物 dú xìng huà hé wù toxic compound
生物源挥发性有机化合物  biogenic volatile organic compound
离子化合物  ionic compound
一夫多妻家庭  compound family
生物活性化合物 shēng wù huó xìng huà hé wù bioactive chemical compound
有机卤化合物 yǒu jī lǔ huà hé wù organohalogen compound / organic halogen compound
非甲烷挥发性有机化合物  non-methane volatile organic compound
非洲农家大院 fēi zhōu nóng jiā dài yuàn agricultural compound
挥发性有机化合物  volatile organic compound
阿克萨清真寺寺院  Al-Aqsa mosque compound
复合环礁 fù hé huán jiāo compound atoll
复式显微镜 fù shì xiǎn wēi jìng compound microscope
脂族化合物  aliphatic compound
战俘支营  prisoner-of-war compound / POW compound
非甲烷化合物  non-methane compound
复合词 fù hé cí compound word
复词 fù cí compound word / polysyllabic word
合义复词 hé yì fù cí compound word such as 教室[jiao4 shi4] or 國家|国家[guo2 jia1], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi, unlike compounds such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]
衍声复词 yǎn shēng fù cí compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1] or 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly
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