喷射 (pēn shè) — to spray, to spurt, to jet

Definition

verb

to sprayto spurtto jet

喷射。
Xiāo fáng yuán yòng shuǐ guǎn pēn shè shuǐ lái miè huǒ.
Firefighters spray water with hoses to put out fires.
喷射。
Huǒ shān tū rán pēn shè chū dà liàng yán jiāng.
The volcano suddenly erupted with a large amount of magma.
喷射。
Zhè liàng pǎo chē wěi bù pēn shè chū lán sè huǒ yàn.
Blue flames spurt from the rear of this sports car.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

喷 and 射 are parallel actions, spurt and shoot, together meaning spray.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 噴; 喷 is its simplified writing.

口賁噴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

賁

賁bì噴pēn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 噴 pairs 口, mouth, with 賁 for the sound; the simplified 喷 is a later shorthand.

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.