酸
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sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #253 U+9178
How 酸 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Wine 酉 aged too long 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
sour · Heisig RSH #2474
whiskey bottle + streetwalker
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 酸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心酸 | xīn suān | to feel sad |
| 酸性 | suān xìng | acidity |
| 德国酸菜 | Dé guó suān cài | sauerkraut |
| 酸民 | suān mín | (Tw) (Internet) troll |
| 酒石酸 | jiǔ shí suān | tartaric acid |
| 反酸 | fǎn suān | acid reflux; regurgitation |
| 油酸 | yóu suān | oleic acid |
| 草酸 | cǎo suān | oxalic acid C2H2O4 |
| 亚麻酸 | yà má suān | linolenic acid |
| 单宁酸 | dān níng suān | tannic acid (loanword) |
| 酸菜 | suān cài | pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage |
| 解酸药 | jiě suān yào | antacid |
| 制酸剂 | zhì suān jì | antacid (medicine) |
| 法式酸奶油 | Fǎ shì suān nǎi yóu | crème fraîche |
| 核酸 | hé suān | nucleic acid; (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸檢測|核酸检测[he2 suan1 jian3 ce4]) |
| 酸曲 | suān qǔ | love song |
| 强酸 | qiáng suān | strong acid |
| 酸根 | suān gēn | negative ion; acid radical |
| 叶酸 | yè suān | folic acid |
| 甲酸 | jiǎ suān | formylic acid (HCOOH); formic acid; methanoic acid |