碳化氢

碳化氫
tànhuàqīng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hydrocarbon

Examples

HSK 6
Shíyóu zhǔyào yóu gèzhǒng tànhuàqīng zǔchéng.
Petroleum is composed mainly of various hydrocarbons.
HSK 7-9
Jiǎwán shì zuì jiǎndān de tànhuàqīng.
Methane is the simplest hydrocarbon.

Tips

usage
In modern chemistry textbooks the preferred term is 烃 (tīng), a single character coined as a portmanteau of 碳 (carbon) and 氢 (hydrogen). 碳化氢 still appears in older texts and translated literature.

Stroke Order

碳 tàn
化 huà
氢 qīng