How to write 硝

硝 [xiāo] 定义: 1. 一些矿物盐的泛称。 - A general term for certain mineral salts. 2. 用朴硝或芒硝加黄米面等处理毛皮，使皮板儿柔软。 - To treat furs with nitre or glauber salt and yellow millet flour, making the hide soft. 详细定义: 名词: 1. 硝石 ([En.] nitre; saltpetre) - Nitre, also known as saltpetre. 引证: 1. 《正字通》：硝，药石也。方书硝七种。 - From "Zhengzi Tong": Xie, it is a medicinal stone. There are seven varieties of nitre in herbal books. 例子: - 硝子石 (硝石。又称假水晶;也喻指眼睛): Nitre stone (also known as faux crystal; metaphorically refers to the eyes). - 硝云弹雨 (硝烟如云，子弹像雨。形容激烈的战斗): A smoke of nitre like clouds, bullets falling like rain; describes intense fighting. 2. 经过硝制变软的皮革 ([En.] tanned hides) - Leather that has been softened through the process of tanning with nitre. 引证: 1. 《天工开物》：若南方短毛革硝，其如纸薄。 - From "Tiangong Kaiwu": Southern short-haired leather when tanned becomes as thin as paper. 动词: 1. 用朴芒硝等鞣制皮革使变软 ([En.] tan hides with nitre) - To tan hides with nitre or other agents to soften them. 引证: 1. 《醒世姻缘传》：要送到皮园里硝了，赶出来做成坐褥，新年好放在马上骑坐。 - From "Xing Shi Yin Yuan Zhuan": It needs to be sent to the tannery for tanning, to be made into a saddle pad to celebrate the New Year. 2. 《西游记》：走了硝，天冷怎穿! - From "Journey to the West": After tanning, how can one wear it in the cold? 例子: - 硝熟 (用芒硝、朴硝等揉制皮革使之变软): Nitre-tanned (to soften leather using glauber salt, nitre, etc.).