Chinese symbol for “nitrate”
硝酸盐
xiāo suān yán
Traditional: 硝酸鹽
nitrate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nitrate is 硝酸盐 (xiāo suān yán), defined as: nitrate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硝酸盐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硝酸 | xiāo suān | nitric acid |
| 硝烟 (硝煙) | xiāo yān | smoke (from guns) |
| 亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽) | yà xiāo suān yán | nitrite |
| 硝石 | xiāo shí | niter; saltpeter |
| 亚硝酸 (亞硝酸) | yà xiāo suān | nitrous acid |
| 氨基酸 | ān jī suān | amino acid |
| 酸性 | suān xìng | acidity |
| 硫酸 | liú suān | sulfuric acid |
| 食盐 (食鹽) | shí yán | edible salt; table salt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nitrate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.