酸素

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suānsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢ ㄙㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-sò͘ / sàng-sò͘ / sàng-soh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suānsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suansù
    • Wade–Giles: suan¹-su⁴
    • Yale: swān-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suansuh
    • Palladius: суаньсу (suanʹsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sng-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàng-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sàng-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarngsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /saŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /saŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàng-soh
    • Tâi-lô: sàng-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarngsoiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /saŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɤʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /saŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/

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

Noun

酸素

1. (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) oxygen

   • 酸素和水素造成的純一無雜的水，這樣的東西，如果是有生命的自然界中，是不存在的。 [MSC, trad.]
     酸素和水素造成的纯一无杂的水，这样的东西，如果是有生命的自然界中，是不存在的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 出了象牙之塔, translated from Kuriyagawa Hakuson's book 象牙の塔を出て (Leave the Ivory Tower!) by Lu Xun

     Suānsù hé shuǐsù zàochéng de chúnyīwúzá de shuǐ, zhèyàng de dōngxī, rúguǒ shì yǒu shēngmìng de zìránjiè zhōng, shì bù cúnzài de. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 卵白質，伊ê成分是炭素，水素，酸素，窒素，伊ê路用是會hō͘人ê身軀得著勢力，也是hō͘細胞加添新ê。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     卵白质，伊ê成分是炭素，水素，酸素，窒素，伊ê路用是会hō͘人ê身躯得着势力，也是hō͘细胞加添新ê。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1926, 張基全 (Tiuⁿ Ki-chôan), 酒佮健康 (Chiú kap Kiān-khong)

     Nn̄g-pe̍h-chit, i ê sêng-hun sī Thàn-sò͘, Chúi-sò͘, Sng-sò͘, Chek-sò͘, i ê lō͘-ēng sī ōe hō͘ lâng ê seng-khu tit-tio̍h sè-le̍k, iā sī hō͘ sè-pau ke-thiⁿ sin--ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Protein: its composition is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; it is used to give energy to the human body and to regenerate cells.

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) oxygen mask

   • 方耀乾看著病房內底鬥sàng-sòo的阿母，想著伊細漢時的願望，一定有真濟感觸；…… [Hokkien, trad.]
     方耀乾看著病房内底斗sàng-sòo的阿母，想著伊细汉时的愿望，一定有真济感触；…… [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2008, 陳佩如, 方耀乾台語詩研究:1997-2008

     Png Iāu-khiân khòaⁿ-tio̍h pēⁿ-pâng lāi-té tàu sàng-sòo ê a-bú, siūⁿ-tio̍h i sè-hàn sî ê goān-bōng, it-tēng ū chin chē kám-chhiok;...... [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     While looking at his mother wearing an oxygen mask in the hospital room, Png Iau-khian (Fang Yaoqian) thought of her childhood dreams, and he must have had so many feelings; ...

Synonyms

• (oxygen): 氧 (yǎng)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “酸素”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →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

• (Tokyo) さんそ [sáꜜǹsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɰ̃so̞]

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

• 酸(さん)化(か) (sanka, “oxidation”)