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硫

liú

Character

What 硫 means

1. sulfur (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 硫磺燃烧着蓝色的火焰。
  Liúhuáng ránshāo zhe lánsè de huǒyàn.
  Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
• Tom 摔倒进一桶硫酸中
  T om shuāidǎo jìn yī tǒng liúsuān zhōng
  Tom fell into a vat of sulfuric acid.
• Johny以前是个化学家，但现在Johny不再是了。他以前所想的是水，是硫酸。
  Johny yǐqián shì gè huàxuéjiā, dàn xiànzài Johny bù zài shì le. tā yǐqián suǒxiǎng de shì shuǐ, shì liúsuān.
  Johnny was a chemist; now Johnny is no more. For what he thought was water, was H2SO4.

Words starting with 硫

• 硫酸liú suānsulfuric acid
• 硫化liú huàvulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat)
• 硫棒liú bàngsulfur stick; roll sulfur
• 硫球liú qiúLuzon, island of the Philippines; the Ryukyu islands
• 硫黄liú huángsulfur
• 硫酸铜liú suān tóngcopper sulfate CuSO4
• 硫酸铝liú suān lǚaluminum sulfate
• 硫酸铁liú suān tiěferrous sulfate
• 硫酸盐liú suān yánsulfate
• 硫化氢liú huà qīnghydrogen sulfide H2S; sulfureted hydrogen
• 硫醇liú chúnthiol (chemistry)
• 硫胺素liú àn sùthiamine; vitamin B1
• 硫酸钙liú suān gàicalcium sulfate
• 硫酸钠liú suān nàsodium sulfate
• 硫代硫酸钠liú dài liú suān nàsodium hyposulfide; sodium thiosulfate
• 硫酸镁liú suān měimagnesium sulfate
• 硫酸钾liú suān jiǎpotassium sulfate
• 硫酸铵liú suān ǎnammonium sulfate
• 硫氰酸liú qíng suānthiocyanic acid
• 硫氰酸酶liú qíng suān méirhodanase
• 硫氰酸盐liú qíng suān yánthiocyanate
• 硫酸钡liú suān bèibarium sulfate
• 硫茚liú yìnbenzothiophene (chemistry)
• 硫黄鹀liú huáng wú(bird species of China) yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)

Words containing 硫

• 二氧化硫èr yǎng huà liúsulfur dioxide SO2
• 亚硫酸yà liú suānsulfurous acid H2SO3
• 乙硫醇yǐ liú chúnethanethiol (chemistry)
• 甲硫氨酸jiǎ liú ān suānmethionine (Met), an essential amino acid
• 次亚硫酸钠cì yà liú suān nàsodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo)
• 二硫键èr liú jiàndisulfide (chemistry)
• 二硫化碳èr liú huà tàncarbon disulfide
• 六氟化硫liù fú huà liúsulfur hexafluoride
• 二硫基丙醇èr liú jī bǐng chúndimercaprol
• 二硫基丙磺酸钠èr liú jī bǐng huáng suān nàsodium dimercaptosulfanate
• 二硫基琥珀酸钠èr liú jī hǔ pò suān nàsodium dimercaptosuccinate

Characters built on 㐬

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

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 旒liútassel

Characters that look like 硫

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

• 碰pèngto touch; to meet with; to bump
• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)

Sounds the same

Read liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 流to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 浏clear; deep (of water); swift
• 刘(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
• 瘤tumor
• 榴pomegranate
• 遛used in 逗遛
• 琉precious stone
• 馏to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 骝bay horse with black mane
• 旒tassel
• 镏(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium