黄色炸药

黃色炸藥
huángsè zhàyào
noun #53,261

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 TNT (trinitrotoluene)
  2. 2 yellow high explosive

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè cì bàopò yòng le wǔshí gōngjīn huángsè zhàyào.
Fifty kilograms of TNT were used in this blast.
HSK 7-9
Kuàngqū yánjìn sīcáng huángsè zhàyào.
Private storage of TNT is strictly forbidden in the mining area.

Tips

usage
Pure TNT is pale yellow - hence the name. In technical contexts you'll also see the loanword 梯恩梯 (transliteration of T-N-T). 黄色 here just refers to the color; do not confuse with 黄色 in the slang sense ('pornographic').

Stroke Order

huáng
zhà
yào