氰化物

qínghuàwù

noun

Meanings

1 cyanide

Characters

chemical compound

Examples

HSK 7-9

氰化物毒性很强，少量就能致命。

Qínghuàwù dúxìng hěn qiáng, shǎoliàng jiù néng zhìmìng.

Cyanide is extremely toxic; even a small amount can kill.

HSK 7-9

有些金矿用氰化物从矿石里提取黄金。

Yǒuxiē jīnkuàng yòng qínghuàwù cóng kuàngshí lǐ tíqǔ huángjīn.

Some gold mines use cyanide to extract gold from the ore.

Tips

usage

The best-known kinds are 氰化钾, potassium cyanide, and 氰化钠, sodium cyanide. Hong Kong news and older translations may use 山埃, a sound loan of the English word by way of Cantonese.

Stroke Order

氰 qíng

化 huà

物 wù