松香

sōngxiāng
noun #30,436

Meanings

  1. 1 rosin
  2. 2 pine resin
  3. 3 colophony

Examples

HSK 7-9
Xiǎotíqínshǒu zài gōng shàng mǒ le yìxiē sōngxiāng.
The violinist applied some rosin to the bow.
HSK 7-9
Sōngxiāng kěyǐ yònglái hànjiē diànlùbǎn.
Rosin can be used as flux for soldering circuit boards.

Tips

culture
松香 has two main worlds of use: in music (string players rub it on bows so the hair grips the strings) and in electronics (it's the classic flux for tin-lead solder). It's distilled from pine sap (松树脂).

Stroke Order

sōng
xiāng