出浴 (chū yù) — to emerge from a bath (literary)

Definition

Literary verb phrase meaning 'to emerge from a bath', almost always used in artistic or poetic contexts (paintings, classical-style writing) rather than everyday speech.

verb
to emerge from a bath (literary)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 出浴，。
    Tā gāng gāng chū yù, tóu fa hái shì shī de.
    She just came out of the bath, her hair still wet.
  • 出浴。
    Zhè fú huà miáo huì le měi rén chū yù de chǎng jǐng.
    This painting depicts a beautiful woman emerging from the bath.
  • 出浴，。
    chū yù Hòu, tā gǎn dào shén qīng qì shuǎng.
    After emerging from the bath, he felt refreshed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

出chūemerge
浴yùbath

出 means emerge, and 浴 means bath; together they describe coming out of a bath.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
谷
谷gǔ浴yù
Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

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