松节油 (sōng jié yóu) — turpentine | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

turpentine

Examples

松节油。
Huà jiā yòng sōng jié yóu xī shì yóu huà yán liào.
Painters use turpentine to thin oil paint.
，松节油。
Shuā wán qī hòu, tā yòng sōng jié yóu qīng xǐ shuā zi.
After painting, he cleaned the brushes with turpentine.
松节油。
Zhè zhǒng sōng jié yóu shì cóng sōng shù zhōng tí qǔ de.
This turpentine is extracted from pine trees.

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.

松节pine knot

松sōngpine节jiéknot

偏正Modifier + head

油yóuoil

油 from 松 (pine) 节 (knots), giving turpentine.

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.

木公松

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

公

公gōng松sōng

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

松 uses 木 (wood) to show it is a tree, and 公 to give the sound.

Open 松 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

⺮即節

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

即

即jí節jié

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

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →

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.

Open 油 →

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