硫酸钠

硫酸鈉
liúsuānnà
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 sodium sulfate (Na₂SO₄)

Examples

HSK 4
Liúsuānnà shì yì zhǒng báisè de yán.
Sodium sulfate is a white salt.
HSK 7-9
Hěnduō xǐyīfěn lǐ dōu jiā le liúsuānnà zuò tiánchōngjì.
Many washing powders have sodium sulfate added as a filler.

Tips

memory
Salt names run in the opposite order from English: 硫酸 'sulfuric acid' + 钠 'sodium' = sodium sulfate. Add 亚 'sub-' and it becomes 亚硫酸钠, sodium sulfite. Its crystal hydrate is the traditional medicine 芒硝, Glauber's salt.

Stroke Order

硫 liú
酸 suān
钠 nà