酸素

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Chinese

sour; sore; ache
sour; sore; ache; acid
 
plain; element
trad. (酸素)
simp. #(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): (yǎng)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
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Grade: 5
on'yomi
Chemical element
O
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Etymology

From (san, acid) +‎ (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

(さん)() (sanso

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

See also