甲醇

jiǎchún

noun #39,638

Meanings

1 methanol
2 methyl alcohol
3 wood alcohol (CH3OH)

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

这家工厂生产工业甲醇。

Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shēngchǎn gōngyè jiǎchún.

This factory produces industrial methanol.

HSK 7-9

误饮甲醇会导致失明。

Wù yǐn jiǎchún huì dǎozhì shīmíng.

Accidentally drinking methanol can cause blindness.

Tips

memory

Chinese chemistry uses the 天干 (heavenly stems) to name carbon-chain lengths: 甲 = C1 (methyl), 乙 = C2 (ethyl), 丙 = C3 (propyl), 丁 = C4 (butyl). So 甲醇 = 1-carbon alcohol = methanol, 乙醇 = ethanol. Once you know this, organic names read like a ladder.

Stroke Order

甲 jiǎ

醇 chún