敌草隆

敵草隆

dícǎolóng

noun

Meanings

1 diuron
2 urea-class herbicide

Characters

grand (phonetic)

Examples

敌草隆是一种常用的除草剂。

Dícǎolóng shì yī zhǒng chángyòng de chúcǎojì.

Diuron is a commonly used herbicide.

果园常用敌草隆控制杂草。

Guǒyuán chángyòng dícǎolóng kòngzhì zácǎo.

Orchards often use diuron to control weeds.

Tips

usage

A phono-semantic loan — 敌草 means "enemy of grass" (hitting the semantic function) while 隆 approximates the -ron of "diuron." Chinese pesticide names often mix meaning + sound this way.

Stroke Order

敌 dí

草 cǎo

隆 lóng