Category: SciencePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

化學

/huàxué/Roman

English meaning: Chemistry

Chinese (Trad.) Definition

(繁體中文)

化學是研究物質組成、結構和性質的科學,李遠哲以化學反應動力學研究榮獲諾貝爾化學獎,代表了臺灣在化學領域的卓越學術成就。

English Definition

The scientific study of the properties, composition, and transformation of matter. Taiwan-born chemist Yuan T. Lee (李遠哲) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 for his contributions to chemical reaction dynamics. Taiwan has a strong chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Academic chemistry research at Taiwan's leading universities (NTU, NTHU) is internationally competitive in areas including materials chemistry and green chemistry.

Example

臺灣化學工業發達,學術研究在材料化學和綠色化學等領域具有國際競爭力。

In English: Taiwan's chemical industry is well-developed, and academic research in areas such as materials chemistry and green chemistry is internationally competitive.

Synonyms

  • 化學科學

Literary Heritage

天地之間,物各有主。苟非吾之所有,雖一毫而莫取。

/Tiān dì zhī jiān, wù gè yǒu zhǔ. Gǒu fēi wú zhī suǒ yǒu, suī yī háo ér mò qǔ./

Between heaven and earth, each thing has its owner. If it does not belong to me, I would not take even a single hair.

蘇軾 (Su Shi) · 詩人、書法家、政治家 · 11th century CE

前赤壁賦 (First Ode on Red Cliff)

前赤壁賦, 1082 CE

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