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普特 (pǔ tè) — (classifier) pood (Russian unit of weight, about 16.38 kg)

Definition

普特 (pǔtè) is a Russian unit of weight (about 16.38 kg), borrowed into Chinese mainly as a classifier in older or Russia-related texts. Rarely encountered today.

classifier
pood (Russian unit of weight, about 16.38 kg)

Examples

  • 普特。
    Tā mǎi le sān pǔ tè liáng shi.
    He bought three poods of grain.
  • 普特。
    Zhè pī huò wù zhòng shí pǔ tè.
    This batch of goods weighs ten poods.
  • 普特。
    Zhè zhǒng é luó sī de pǔ tè dān wèi xiàn zài hěn shǎo yòng le.
    This Russian pood unit is rarely used now.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

  • 並並bìngside by side
  • 日日rìsun

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

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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niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

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