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加仑 (jiā lún) — gallon (unit of volume, UK ≈ 4.546 L, US ≈ 3.785 L)

Definition

classifier
gallon (unit of volume, UK ≈ 4.546 L, US ≈ 3.785 L)

Examples

  • 加仑。
    Zhè liàng chē jiā mǎn yī jiā lún yóu xū yào wǔ shí měi yuán.
    It costs fifty dollars to fill this car with one gallon of gas.
  • 加仑。
    Wǒ měi gè yuè hē liǎng jiā lún niú nǎi.
    I drink two gallons of milk every month.
  • 加仑。
    Chāo shì de chéng zhī měi jiā lún zhǎng jià le.
    The orange juice at the supermarket increased in price per gallon.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

加jiā
仑lún

加仑 spells the English unit gallon; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 侖; 仑 is its simplified writing.

  • 亼亼jí
  • 冊冊cèbook

The simplified 仑 is a later abbreviation. The story belongs to 侖, which pairs 冊 (book) with 亼, read as gathering books or a mouth reading them, giving the sense of order.

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