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溶

róng

HSK 6 Character

What 溶 means

1. to dissolve
2. soluble

Example sentences

• 糖溶于水。
  Sugar dissolves in water.
• 糖溶于热水。
  Sugar melts in hot water.
• 食盐溶于水。
  Salt dissolves in water.
• 雪已经开始溶了。
  Xuě yǐjīng kāishǐ róng le.
  Snow has begun to melt.
• 水中的冰溶掉了。
  The ice in the water melted.
• 霜还没有开始溶化。
  Shuāng hái méiyǒu kāishǐ rónghuà.
  The hoarfrost hasn't yet begun to thaw.

Words starting with 溶

• 溶解róng jiěto dissolve
• 溶液róng yèsolution (chemistry)
• 溶化róng huàto melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc)
• 溶洞róng dòng(geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave)
• 溶剂róng jìsolvent
• 溶没róng mòto fade away; to disappear; to hide from view
• 溶蚀róng shídissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion
• 溶血róng xuèhemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia)
• 溶质róng zhìsolute
• 溶源性róng yuán xìnglysogeny (reproduction cycle of bacteriophage 噬菌体
• 溶血病róng xuè bìnghemolytic disease of newborn…
• 溶解度róng jiě dùsolubility
• 溶解性róng jiě xìngsoluble; solubility
• 溶蚀作用róng shí zuò yòngdissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion
• 溶小体储积症róng xiǎo tǐ chǔ jī zhènglysosomal storage disease (LSD)
• 溶酶体róng méi tǐlysosome
• 溶栓róng shuānthrombolysis (med.)
• 溶小体róng xiǎo tǐsee 溶酶体

Words containing 溶

• 不溶bù rónginsoluble
• 可溶kě róngsoluble
• 岩溶yán róng(geology) karst
• 微溶wēi róngslightly soluble
• 易溶yì róngsoluble
• 水溶shuǐ róngwater soluble
• 脱溶tuō róngto precipitate (solid from a solution)
• 速溶sù róngquick-dissolving; instantly-ready; instant
• 可溶性kě róng xìngsolubility
• 气溶胶qì róng jiāoaerosol
• 水溶性shuǐ róng xìngsoluble (in water); solubility
• 淋溶土lìn róng tǔargosol (soil taxonomy)
• 淋溶层lín róng céngalluvium (soil deposited by rivers)
• 即溶咖啡jí róng kā fēiinstant coffee
• 速溶咖啡sù róng kā fēiinstant coffee

Characters built on 容

These share the phonetic component 容 (róng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 熔róngto smelt; to fuse
• 蓉róngpaste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 榕róngChinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)
• 镕róngto smelt; to fuse; variant of 熔

Characters that look like 溶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 滨bīn(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
• 熔róngto smelt; to fuse
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩
• 撂liàoto put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down
• 漆qīpaint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)

Sounds the same

Read róng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 容to hold; to contain; to allow
• 荣glory; honor; thriving
• 融to melt; to thaw; to blend
• 绒velvet; woolen
• 蓉paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 榕Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)
• 熔to smelt; to fuse
• 戎generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
• 茸(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
• 嵘used in 峥嵘
• 瑢used in 瑽瑢
• 蝾salamander