酸素

Chinese

 
sour; sore; ache
sour; sore; ache; acid
plain; element
trad. (酸素) 酸 素
simp. #(酸素) 酸 素

Pronunciation


Note: sàng-sò͘ & sàng-soh - borrowed from Japanese reading and they refer to oxygen mask.

Noun

酸素

  1. (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) oxygen
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) oxygen mask

Synonyms

  • (oxygen): 氧 (yǎng)

References

  • Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “酸素”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 1, Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), →OCLC, page 773

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酸 素
さん
Grade: 5
そ
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Chemical element
O
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Etymology

From 酸 (san, “acid”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”), calque of Dutch zuurstof (literally “sourstuff”). Compare German Sauerstoff, Luxembourgish Sauerstoff, Indonesian zat asam. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“酸素”).

Pronunciation

Noun

酸(さん)素(そ) • (sanso) 

  1. oxygen (chemical element)
  2. oxygen (molecular oxygen)

Derived terms

  • 低(てい)酸(さん)素(そ)脳(のう)症(しょう) (teisanso-nōshō, “hypoxic encephalopathy”)
  • 化(か)学(がく)的(てき)酸(さん)素(そ)要(よう)求(きゅう)量(りょう) (kagakuteki sanso yōkyūryō, “chemical oxygen demand”)
  • 圧(あっ)縮(しゅく)酸(さん)素(そ) (asshuku sanso, “compressed oxygen”)
  • 活(かっ)性(せい)酸(さん)素(そ) (kassei sanso, “reactive oxygen”)
  • 液(えき)体(たい)酸(さん)素(そ) (ekitai sanso, “liquid oxygen”)
  • 溶(よう)存(ぞん)酸(さん)素(そ) (yōzon sanso, “dissolved oxygen”)
  • 生(せい)物(ぶつ)化(か)学(がく)的(てき)酸(さん)素(そ)要(よう)求(きゅう)量(りょう) (seibutsu-kagakuteki sanso yōkyūryō, “biochemical oxygen demand”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)アセチレン炎(えん) (sanso-asechiren-en, “oxyacetylene flame”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)テント (sanso tento, “oxygen tent”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)マスク (sanso masuku, “oxygen mask”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)を送(おく)り込(こ)む (sanso o okurikomu, “oxygenate”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)供(きょう)給(きゅう) (sanso kyōkyū, “oxygen supply”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)吸(きゅう)入(にゅう) (sanso kyūnyū, “oxygen inhalation”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)欠(けつ)乏(ぼう) (sanso ketsubō, “oxygen deficiency”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)気(き) (sansoki, “oxygen gas”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)添(てん)加(か)酵(こう)素(そ) (sanso tenka kōso, “oxygenase”)
  • 酸(さん)素(そ)酸(さん) (sansosan, “oxoacid”)
  • 重(じゅう)酸(さん)素(そ) (jūsanso, “heavy oxygen”)
  • 高(こう)圧(あつ)酸(さん)素(そ)室(しつ) (kōatsu sanso shitsu, “hyperbaric oxygen chamber”)
  • 高(こう)圧(あつ)酸(さん)素(そ)療(りょう)法(ほう) (kōatsu sanso ryōhō, “hyperbaric oxygen therapy”)

Descendants

  • → Korean: 산소 (sanso)
  • → Min Nan: 酸素 (sng-sò͘)

See also

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