窒素

Chinese

		obstruct; stop up	plain; element
trad. (窒素)		窒	素
simp. #(窒素)		窒	素

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 窒(ちっ)素(そ) (chisso).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-sò͘ / chek-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhsù
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-su⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhsuh
    • Palladius: чжису (čžisu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 窒素 質素／质素

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeksox
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ²¹/

Noun

窒素

1. (rare, chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) nitrogen

   • 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.

   • 閣再一款化學者會用空中的窒素用電氣的作用予伊變做植物的肥料，予一般的種作較好收成，所以袂免得予咱著想化學佮咱人生實在有不可分離密接的關係也予咱通知上帝賞賜世間人，有智識通間接創造物通利益世間。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阁再一款化学者会用空中的窒素用电气的作用予伊变做植物的肥料，予一般的种作较好收成，所以袂免得予咱着想化学佮咱人生实在有不可分离密接的关系也予咱通知上帝赏赐世间人，有智识通间接创造物通利益世间。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1927, 張基全 (Tiuⁿ Ki-chôan), 一般科學之常識 (It-poaⁿ kho-ha̍k ê siông-sek)

     Koh-chài chi̍t khoán hòa-ha̍k chiá ōe ēng khong-tiong ê chit-sò͘ ēng tiān-khì ê chok-iōng hō͘ i pìⁿ-chòe si̍t-bu̍t ê pûi-liāu, hō͘ it-poaⁿ ê chèng-choh khah hó siu-sêng, só͘-í bōe bián-tit hō͘ lán tio̍h siūⁿ hòa-ha̍k kap lán jîn-seng si̍t-chāi ū put-khó hun-lī bi̍t-chiap ê koan-hē iā hō͘ lán thang chai Siōng-tè siúⁿ-sù sè-kan lâng, ū tì-sek thang kan-chiap chhòng-chō mi̍h thang lī-ek sè-kan. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Again, a type of chemist would use the air's nitrogen to make fertilizer for plants through electrical reaction so that ordinary farming can have better harvest. That's why it is inevitable that we think chemistry is inseparable from our lives, and it also lets use know that God gave humans knowledge to indirectly create things to benefit the world.

Synonyms

• 氮 (dàn)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “窒素”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 210
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “窒素”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 154

Japanese

Chemical element
N
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Kanji in this term
窒	素
ちつ > ちっ Grade: S	そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 窒 (chitsu, “obstruction”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”), calque of Dutch stikstof (literally “choke stuff”). Compare also German Stickstoff, Luxembourgish Stéckstoff, Danish kvælstof. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“窒素”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちっそ [chíꜜssò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕisːo̞]

Noun

窒(ちっ)素(そ) • (chisso) 

1. nitrogen

Derived terms

• 一(いっ)酸(さん)化(か)二(に)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (issanka nichisso, “dinitrogen oxide”)
• 一(いっ)酸(さん)化(か)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (issanka chisso, “nitric monoxide”)
• 二(に)酸(さん)化(か)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (nisanka chisso, “nitrogen dioxide”)
• 亜(あ)酸(さん)化(か)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (asanka chisso, “nitrous oxide”)
• 液(えい)体(たい)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (eitai chisso, “liquid nitrogen”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)中(ちゅう)毒(どく) (chisso chūdoku, “nitrogen narcosis”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)代(たい)謝(しゃ) (chisso taisha, “nitrogen metabolism”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)固(こ)定(てい) (chisso kotei, “nitrogen fixation”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)固(こ)定(てい)法(ほう) (chisso kotei hō, “nitrogen fixation method”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)循(じゅん)環(かん) (chisso junkan, “nitrogen cycle”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)族(ぞく)元(げん)素(そ) (chisso zokugenso, “nitrogen group”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)肥(ひ)料(りょう) (chisso hiryō, “nitrogenous fertilizer”)
• 窒(ちっ)素(そ)酸(さん)化(か)物(ぶつ) (chisso sankabutsu, “nitrogen oxide”)
• 酸(さん)化(か)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (sanka chisso, “nitrogen oxide”)

 

Descendants

• → Korean: 질소 (jilso)
• → Min Nan: 窒素 (chek-sò͘, chit-sò͘)

Korean

Hanja in this term
窒	素

Noun

窒素 • (jilso) (hangeul 질소)

1. hanja form^? of 질소 (“nitrogen”)