Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

尿硷

English translation:

urine scale

Added to glossary by Huijun Suo
Jun 17, 2007 21:55
16 yrs ago
Chinese term

尿硷

Chinese to English Other Tourism & Travel Cleaning a urinal
用力擦洗,除去尿硷
Change log

Jul 7, 2007 13:28: Huijun Suo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/62648">Denyce Seow's</a> old entry - "尿硷"" to ""urine scale""

Jul 8, 2007 17:38: Huijun Suo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/614331">Huijun Suo's</a> old entry - "尿硷"" to ""urine scale""

Discussion

Huijun Suo Jun 20, 2007:
Here 硷 is not a typo. According to Modern Chinese Dictionary, revised edition 1998 现代汉语词典1998年修订版:
硷,同‘碱’
I don't know if the new edition of this dictionary makes any distinction between them because I don't have it.
Huijun Suo Jun 20, 2007:
According to this article http://www.xlmz.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=10447, 硷 was first used and later changed to 碱 as proposed by Chinese Chemical Society. They even held a meeting for that! Their proposal was adopted by State Language Work Committee.
Huijun Suo Jun 20, 2007:
Here 硷 is not a typo. According to Modern Chinese Dictionary, revised edition 1998 现代汉语词典1998年修订版:
硷,同‘碱’
I don't know if the new edition of this dictionary makes any distinction between them because I don't have it.
Denyce Seow (asker) Jun 19, 2007:
Sorry, should be 'wipe' instead of 'scrub'.
Shirley Lao Jun 18, 2007:
无色或白色结晶粉末,能溶于热水、热醇和氢氧化钠稀溶液,微溶于水和醇,几乎不溶于氯仿和醚。无臭无味,在干燥空气中稳定,在水中长时间煮沸或强碱中则破坏。饱和水溶液pH为5.5。在自然界中存在于尿中,俗称尿硷。http://linyo.diytrade.com/sdp/232743/2/pd/577571.html
orientalhorizon Jun 18, 2007:
硷=碱, in spoken Chinese (in North China, I'm not quite sure about the south), 尿硷 just refers to the stains or deposited white accumulation caused by urine, so I think "stain(s)" is the right word fot it.

Proposed translations

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urine scale

Novaquatis: Nova 2 – Sanitary technology- [ 翻译此页 BETA ]
For example, pipes may be blocked by urine scale, and designing and producing a modern NoMix appliance is a costly ... As in the case of waterfree urinals, mineral deposits – popularly known as urine scale – build up over time, ...
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Pharmacal Research Labs., Inc. - The Leaders in Animal ...- [ 翻译此页 BETA ]
Urine Scale deposits, particularly those of guinea pigs and rabbits adhere very tightly to the surface of plastic, metal and glass. Scale deposits can be removed by chemical reaction with acids, either mineral or organic, ...
www.pharmacal.com/Acids.htm

Urine Scale Formation in Wastewater Systems - United-Tech, Inc ...- [ 翻译此页 BETA ]
The problem with urine scale is often multiplied in marine systems that use small flush volumes or in freshwater systems that use very hard water. The urine is either not diluted adequately or readily forms urine crystals with the hard ...
www.united-tech.com/wd-ww-urinescale.html

To remove such urine scale, you can use chemicals named "toilet descalers":
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/s/880/bathroom cleaners 18448...

In German it is called Urinstein:
http://www.dict.cc/english-german/urine scale.html

Urinstein - Wikipedia
Urinstein entsteht durch eine chemische Reaktion von kalkhaltigem Wasser (i. d. R. das Spülwasser) und Urin. Der im Wasser gelöste Kalk verbindet sich mit dem Urin und der Harnsäure als Katalysator zu einer unlöslichen ...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinstein

wer-weiss-was | "Auflösen von Kalk/Urinstein" | aus Forum Biologie ...
geh mal davon aus, daß es mehr Kalk, als Urinstein ist, wenn da alle 15 min Wasser drüberläuft. ... Re: Auflösen von Kalk/Urinstein. Autor:, P a u l S t o l l. Datum:, 15.1.2005 21:05 Uhr. Hallo Robe: Konz. Essigsäure hat zu wenig freie ...
www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme51/article2666026.html

wer-weiss-was | "Urinstein o. ä. aus WC entfernen" | aus ...
Irgendwo hab ich mal gelesen, was man nehmen kann, um Reste von Urinstein u. ä. aus den Tiefen des WCs zu entfernen.. Sämtliche Putzmittelchen helfen leider gar nicht.. Das Problem liegt ganz unten im Knick zum Rohr - also im Wasser.. ...
www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme93/article2671601.html

Null-Null Urinstein- und Kalklöser Test und Preisvergleich
Null-Null Urinstein- und Kalklöser im Ciao Preisvergleich unter Null-Null. Lesen Sie 5 Testberichte zu Null-Null Urinstein- und Kalklöser und machen Sie ein Schnäppchen.
www.ciao.de/Null_Null_Urinstein_und_Kalkloser__1410408

Erdal Ratz Fatz Urinstein- und Kalkentferner Test und ...
Erdal Ratz Fatz Urinstein- und Kalkentferner im Ciao Preisvergleich unter weitere Pflegemittel. Lesen Sie 3 Testberichte zu Erdal Ratz Fatz Urinstein- und Kalkentferner und machen Sie ein Schnäppchen.
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硷 is the same as 碱 (alkali). Such scales are usually alkaline in chemical property.
Peer comment(s):

agree joysong
8 hrs
Thank you, joysong!
agree orientalhorizon : yes, scale could also be an option.
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Thank you, orientalhorizon!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think '硷' is a typo here. Hence, I don't know for sure if it is just a stain or scale. The latter seems to make more sense here because the sentence says to scrub hard. There is no need to scrub hard for urine stains, but definitely for urine scale. That is why I chose this answer. Thanks, everyone."
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lime and urinary spots

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urine alkaloid

try
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urine stain/spot

if you are talking about carpet, flooring, it's normally stain. For toilet etc, spot can also be used.
Note from asker:
A typo? I have a strong feeling too that it refers to urine stains.
Peer comment(s):

agree joysong
12 hrs
thanks a lot
agree karcsy
14 hrs
Thanks a lot
agree CHEN-Ling
1 day 1 hr
thanks a lot
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