体温计 (tǐ wēn jì) — thermometer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

thermometer

Measure word · 支

Examples

体温计。
Mā ma yòng tǐ wēn jì gěi wǒ liáng le tǐ wēn.
Mom took my temperature with a thermometer.
体温计体温计。
Yào diàn lǐ yǒu diàn zǐ tǐ wēn jì hé shuǐ yín tǐ wēn jì.
The pharmacy has electronic thermometers and mercury thermometers.
体温计。
Qǐng bǎ tǐ wēn jì fàng zài shé tou xià miàn.
Please put the thermometer under your tongue.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

体温body temperature

体tǐbody温wēntemperature

偏正Modifier + head

计jìmeter

体 'body' + 温 'temperature' + 计 'meter' = instrument measuring body temperature.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

骨豊體

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ體tǐ

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 溫; 温 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 溫 is based on an older form 𥁕, which drew a person bathing in a container full of warm water. The simplified 温 is a later variant.

Open 温 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

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