钠 (nà): sodium (chemistry)
钠 (nà) is a Chinese character meaning “sodium (chemistry).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 内 (phonetic). It ranks #3171 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 钠 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 金 (jīn, metal, gold), 钱 (qián, money), 银 (yín, silver, bank).
Definitions
- sodium (chemistry)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氢氧化钠noun | qīng yǎng huà nà | sodium hydroxide NaOH |
| 氯化钠noun | lǜ huà nà | sodium chloride NaCl |
| 硝酸钠 | xiāo suān nà | sodium nitrate |
| 碳酸钠noun | tàn suān nà | soda |
| 氰化钠 | qíng huà nà | sodium cyanide NaCN |
| 二氯异三聚氰酸钠 | èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà | sodium dichloroisocyanurate |
| 次亚硫酸钠noun | cì yà liú suān nà | sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo) |
| 二硫基琥珀酸钠 | èr liú jī hǔ pò suān nà | sodium dimercaptosuccinate |
| 碘化钠 | diǎn huà nà | sodium iodide NaI |
| 戊巴比妥钠 | wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà | pentasorbital sodium (a sedative) |
| 硫代硫酸钠noun | liú dài liú suān nà | sodium hyposulfide |
| 亚硝酸钠 | yà xiāo suān nà | sodium nitrite |
| 二硫基丙磺酸钠 | èr liú jī bǐng huáng suān nà | sodium dimercaptosulfanate |
| 双氯芬酸钠 | shuāng lǜ fēn suān nà | diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller |
| 苛性钠noun | kē xìng nà | sodium hydroxide NaOH |
钠 appears in 25 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 钠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
尽量挑选脂肪、钠含量偏低的产品,如果是新版标签,还可进一步留意总脂肪项下的饱和脂肪。
jǐn liàng tiāo xuǎn zhī fáng , nà hán liàng piān dī de chǎn pǐn , rú guǒ shì xīn bǎn biāo qiān , hái kě jìn yī bù liú yì zǒng zhī fáng xiàng xià de bǎo hé zhī fáng .
Try to choose products that are low in fat and sodium. If the label is the new version, you should also pay attention to the saturated fat content listed under “Total Fat.”
倪军认为,钠离子电池和凝聚态电池可以兼容现有生产线,更接近规模化应用。
ní jūn rèn wéi , nà lí zǐ diàn chí hé níng jù tài diàn chí kě yǐ jiān róng xiàn yǒu shēng chǎn xiàn , gèng jiē jìn guī mó huà yīng yòng .
Ni Jun believes that sodium-ion batteries and solid-state batteries are compatible with existing production lines and are closer to large-scale application.
多喝水确实能够让我们的体内的钠离子稀释,随着尿量的增加,把它排出去。
duō hē shuǐ què shí néng gòu ràng wǒ men de tǐ nèi de nà lí zǐ xī shì , suí zhe niào liàng de zēng jiā , bǎ tā pái chū qù .
Drinking plenty of water does indeed help dilute the sodium ions in our bodies, and as urine output increases, these ions are flushed out.
比如左旋甲状腺素钠等,咖啡会使这些药物的肠道吸收减少一半左右,减弱了药效。
bǐ rú zuǒ xuán jiǎ zhuàng xiàn sù nà děng , kā fēi huì shǐ zhè xiē yào wù de cháng dào xī shōu jiǎn shǎo yī bàn zuǒ yòu , jiǎn ruò le yào xiào .
For example, with medications such as levothyroxine sodium, coffee can reduce the intestinal absorption of these drugs by about half, thereby diminishing their effectiveness.
在考虑了超加工食品的营养质量,以及饱和脂肪、添加糖或钠的含量之后,这种关联仍然存在。
zài kǎo lǜ le chāo jiā gōng shí pǐn de yíng yǎng zhì liàng , yǐ jí bǎo hé zhī fáng , tiān jiā táng huò nà de hán liàng zhī hòu , zhè zhǒng guān lián réng rán cún zài .
This association persists even after taking into account the nutritional quality of ultra-processed foods, as well as their levels of saturated fat, added sugars, or sodium.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 钅 (metal) component
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