tài
noun #94,078

Meanings

  1. 1 phthalein (a class of organic compounds used as dyes and indicators)

Examples

Fēntài zài jiǎnxìng róngyè zhōng biàn hóng.
Phenolphthalein turns pink in an alkaline solution.
苯酚邻苯二甲酸酐缩合
Tài lèi yóu běnfēn yǔ línběnèrjiǎsuāngān suōhé ér chéng.
Phthaleins are made by condensing phenols with phthalic anhydride.

Tips

usage
A chemistry term. You'll see it almost only as part of compound names like 酚酞 (phenolphthalein, the classic pink acid-base indicator). The wine-jar radical marks it as a fermentation/chemistry character, used here for organic compounds.

Components

radical
yǒu
wine vessel; fermentation
The radical pictures a wine jar and historically marks fermentation and alcohol; in modern chemistry vocabulary it brands organic-compound characters like this one.
phonetic
tài
too; extremely
Supplies the sound exactly: standalone reads tài, matching this character. It was chosen as a clean phonetic for coining a chemistry term.

Stroke Order

tài