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硝酸

硝酸

Chinese

		saltpeter; to tan (leather)	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
simp. and trad. (硝酸)		硝	酸

Noun

硝酸

(chemistry) nitric acid (HNO₃)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
硝	酸
しょう Grade: S	さん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

硝酸 ‎(hiragana しょうさん, romaji shōsan)

(chemistry) nitric acid (HNO₃)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāosuān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄙㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ syun¹
Min Nan (POJ): siau-sng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāosuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄙㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiausuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ syun¹
  - Yale: làuh syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ syn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ ɕyːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-sng
  - Tâi-lô: siau-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siausngf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ sŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/