卤代烃

Traditional form:

鹵代烴

Pinyin (reading):

lǔdàitīng

Definitions:

• haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)

Characters:

• 卤 - salt
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
• 烃 - hydrocarbon

Traditional characters:

• 鹵 - salt
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
• 烴 - hydrocarbon