消融

xiāoróng

verb #35,233

Meanings

1 to melt away
2 to thaw
3 to dissolve / fade away (literary)

Characters

to disappear / dissipate

to melt / merge

Examples

春天来了，山上的积雪渐渐消融。

Chūntiān láile, shān shàng de jīxuě jiànjiàn xiāoróng.

Spring is here and the snow on the mountains is slowly melting.

气候变暖让冰川加速消融。

Qìhòu biàn nuǎn ràng bīngchuān jiāsù xiāoróng.

Climate warming is accelerating the melting of glaciers.

Tips

usage

More literary than 融化 (rónghuà). Often used for snow, ice, glaciers — and figuratively for tensions or worries that dissolve (心中的疑虑慢慢消融).

Stroke Order

消 xiāo

融 róng