果子露 (guǒ zi lù) — fruit syrup | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fruit syrup

Measure word · 杯

Examples

果子露。
Wǒ hē le yì bēi guǒ zi lù.
I drank a glass of fruit syrup.
果子露，。
Qǐng cháng cháng zhè zhǒng guǒ zi lù, wèi dào hěn hǎo.
Please try this kind of fruit syrup, it tastes great.
果子露。
Mā ma zài chāo shì mǎi le yì píng guǒ zi lù.
Mom bought a bottle of fruit syrup at the supermarket.

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.

果子fruit

果guǒfruit子zǐsuffix

后缀Suffix

果子 names fruit and 露 names syrup, giving fruit syrup.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

雨路露

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

路

路lù露lù

Same sound today

露 pairs 雨, a rain-related meaning part, with 路, a sound part.

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