含氧量 (hán yǎng liáng) — oxygen content | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oxygen content

Examples

含氧量。
Kē xué jiā cè liáng le zhè tiáo hé de hán yǎng liáng.
Scientists measured the oxygen content of this river.
含氧量。
Chéng shì lǐ kōng qì zhōng de hán yǎng liáng bǐ jiāo qū dī.
The oxygen content in urban air is lower than in the suburbs.
含氧量。
Yǎng yú xū yào bǎo chí shuǐ zhōng hán yǎng liáng wěn dìng.
Raising fish requires keeping the oxygen content in water stable.

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.

含氧contain oxygen

含háncontain氧yǎngoxygen

动宾Verb + object

量liángamount

含氧量 is 量, amount, of 氧, oxygen, that is 含, contained.

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.

今口含

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

今

今jīn含hán

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

含 is built from 口 (mouth) and 今 (jīn). The 口 part is about the mouth, while 今 gives the sound.

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

气气qìgas

Sound part声符shēngfú

養

養yǎng氧yǎng

Same sound today

氧 pairs 气 (gas) with 養 (to nourish), and 養 gives the sound yǎng.

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

日日rìsun
東東dōngbag; east

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.

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