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Chinese symbol for “nitrite”

亚硝酸盐
yà xiāo suān yán
Traditional: 亞硝酸鹽
nitrite

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nitrite is 亚硝酸盐 (yà xiāo suān yán), defined as: nitrite.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

亚 yà
Asia; second
radical 7 ⼆ · 6 strokes
硝 xiāo
saltpeter; to tan leather
radical 112 ⽯ · 12 strokes
酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes
盐 yán
salt
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 亚硝酸盐.

WordPinyinMeaning
南亚 (南亞)nán Yàsouthern Asia
亚军 (亞軍)yà jūnsecond place (in a sports contest); runner-up
亚热带 (亞熱帶)yà rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)
亚科 (亞科)yà kēsubfamily (taxonomy)
路亚 (路亞)lù yà(loanword) lure fishing
亚麻 (亞麻)yà máflax
硝酸xiāo suānnitric acid
硝烟 (硝煙)xiāo yānsmoke (from guns)
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
食盐 (食鹽)shí yánedible salt; table salt

See also: Japanese symbol for “nitrite”.

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.