HSK 6 · Science

溶解 róngjiě “to dissolve” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 溶解 means

  1. to dissolve

How to say 溶解

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale溶róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping

溶解 in a sentence

  1. 糖在热水里溶解得很快。

    Táng zài rèshuǐ lǐ róngjiě de hěn kuài.

    Sugar dissolves quickly in hot water.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 油不能在水里溶解。

    Yóu bùnéng zài shuǐ lǐ róngjiě.

    Oil doesn’t dissolve in water.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 溶解 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 溶 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
溶róngto dissolve
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 容appearance · róngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 容 (róng) hints at the sound. Compare it with róng.

The character 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

How to write 溶解

溶 13 strokes · 解 13 strokes

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溶解 (róngjiě) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 溶解 (róngjiě). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 溶解

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve

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FAQs

溶解 (róngjiě) means “to dissolve”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róngjiě: róng with a 2nd tone, then jiě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 溶解 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rongjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 溶解 from the suggestions. Typing rongjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
溶解 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.