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填充物 (tián chōng wù) — filling, stuffing, filler (material used to fill a container, cavity, or product)

Definition

noun
fillingstuffingfiller (material used to fill a container, cavity, or product)
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 填充物，。
    Zhè ge wán ǒu de tián chōng wù shì mián huā, fēi cháng róu ruǎn.
    The stuffing of this doll is cotton, very soft.
  • 填充物，。
    Mǒu xiē jiā gōng shí pǐn hán yǒu dà liàng rén gōng tián chōng wù, yíng yǎng jià zhí bù gāo.
    Some processed foods contain a lot of artificial fillers and have low nutritional value.
  • 填充物，。
    Shī gōng shí yòng pào mò zuò wéi qiáng tǐ de tián chōng wù, kě yǐ qǐ dào gé rè de zuò yòng.
    During construction, foam is used as the filler for walls to provide insulation.

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.

填充fill
填tiánfill充chōngfill
联合Coordinate
物wùthing

填 and 充 both mean to fill, and 物 points to the thing used, so it names a filler.

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
土土tǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
真
真zhēn填
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

填 combines 土 (soil) with 真, which gives the sound.

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

  • 𠫓𠫓𠫓a newborn
  • 儿儿érstanding person

充 pairs 𠫓, a newborn, with 儿, a standing person, to picture a newborn growing to stand.

Open 充 →

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
牛牛niú
Sound part声符shēngfú
勿
勿wù物wù
Same sound today

物 puts 牛 beside 勿: 牛 gives the meaning, and 勿 gives the sound.

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