The Chinese Nomenclature for Carboxylic Acids between 1908 and 1932

This paper discusses the Chinese nomenclature for acids between 1908 and 1932. Taking two western methods for naming acids Geneva nomenclature and carboxylic nomenclature as reference,the author analyzes the characteristics of different proposals for the Chinese nomenclature of acids,with a particular focus on the meanings of the word suan( 酸) in the terms for acids.