消旋

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
trad. (消旋)		消	旋
simp. #(消旋)		消	旋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoxuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoxuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaosyuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-hsüan²
    • Yale: syāu-sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushyuan
    • Palladius: сяосюань (sjaosjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/

Verb

消旋

1. (chemistry) to have cancellation of chirality, as in a racemic mixture (where an equal amount of dextro and levo isomers exists) or a nonchiral meso compound (where multiple stereogenic centres exist within a molecule)

Derived terms

• 內消旋／内消旋 (nèixiāoxuán)
• 外消旋 (wàixiāoxuán)
• 消旋化
• 消旋體／消旋体