Chinese symbol for “brine”
卤水
lǔ shuǐ
Traditional: 鹵水
brine; bittern; marinade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brine is 卤水 (lǔ shuǐ), defined as: brine; bittern; marinade.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “brine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鹾 (鹺) | cuó | brine; salt |
| 盐卤 (鹽鹵) | yán lǔ | brine |
| 卤 (鹵) | lǔ | alkaline soil; salt |
| 盐水 (鹽水) | yán shuǐ | salt water; brine |
| 咸水 (鹹水) | xián shuǐ | salt water; brine |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卤水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卤素 (鹵素) | lǔ sù | halogen (chemistry) |
| 卤化 (鹵化) | lǔ huà | to halogenate; halogenation (chemistry) |
| 卤代烃 (鹵代烴) | lǔ dài tīng | haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs) |
| 卤化物 (鹵化物) | lǔ huà wù | halide (i.e. fluoride, chloride, bromide etc) |
| 卤味 (滷味) | lǔ wèi | food braised in soy sauce and spices |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brine”.
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