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卡路里 (kǎ lù lǐ) — (measure word) calorie (unit of energy)

Definition

classifier
calorie (unit of energy)

Examples

  • 卡路里。
    Zhè fèn bīng qí lín yǒu liǎng bǎi kǎ lù lǐ.
    This portion of ice cream has 200 calories.
  • 卡路里？
    Nǐ měi tiān xū yào shè rù duō shǎo kǎ lù lǐ?
    How many calories do you need to consume each day?
  • 卡路里。
    Pǎo bù kě yǐ xiāo hào hěn duō kǎ lù lǐ.
    Running can burn many calories.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

Open 卡 →

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
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Open 路 →

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 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衤Written in full as衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ裡lǐ
Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

Open 里 →
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