可可油 (kě kě yóu) — cocoa butter | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cocoa butter

Examples

可可油。
Zuò qiǎo kè lì de shí hou xū yào jiā kě kě yóu.
You need to add cocoa butter when making chocolate.
可可油，。
Zhè zhǒng kě kě yóu kě yǐ hù fū, fēi cháng zī rùn.
This type of cocoa butter can be used for skincare; it's very moisturizing.
可可油。
Wǒ mǎi le yí guàn chún tiān rán kě kě yóu.
I bought a jar of pure natural cocoa butter.

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.

可可cocoa

可可 spells cocoa, and 油 gives oil.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丂

丂kǎo可kě

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丂

丂kǎo可kě

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

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