硫酸铜

硫酸銅

liúsuāntóng

noun

Meanings

1 copper sulfate (CuSO4); blue vitriol

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

农业上用硫酸铜防治植物病害。

Nóngyè shàng yòng liúsuāntóng fángzhì zhíwù bìng hài.

Copper sulfate is used in agriculture to control plant diseases.

HSK 7-9

硫酸铜的水溶液是蓝色的。

Liúsuāntóng de shuǐ róngyè shì lánsè de.

An aqueous solution of copper sulfate is blue.

Tips

memory

Read the formula CuSO4 right-to-left in Chinese: 铜 (Cu, copper) + 硫酸 (sulfate). Many Chinese chemical names follow this "salt of metal" pattern: 硫酸钠 sodium sulfate, 硫酸铁 iron sulfate.

Stroke Order

硫 liú

酸 suān

铜 tóng