核爆炸 (hé bào zhà) — nuclear explosion | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

nuclear explosion

Examples

核爆炸。
Zhè cì hé bào zhà zào chéng le yán zhòng de huán jìng wū rǎn.
This nuclear explosion caused serious environmental pollution.
核爆炸。
Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū rú hé yù fáng hé diàn zhàn fā shēng hé bào zhà.
Scientists are researching how to prevent a nuclear explosion at a power plant.
核爆炸。
Guó jì fǎ yán gé jìn zhǐ jìn xíng dì xià hé bào zhà shì yàn.
International law strictly prohibits conducting underground nuclear explosion tests.

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.

核hénuclear

爆炸explosion

爆bàoburst炸zhàblast

联合Coordinate

核 gives the nuclear kind, and 爆炸 gives the bursting and blasting event.

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.

木亥核

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

亥

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

核 pairs 木, a tree, with 亥 to give its sound; it originally named a kind of tree, and its later meanings are borrowed.

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

火暴爆

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

暴

暴bào爆bào

Same sound today

爆 combines 火 (fire) with 暴, which supplies the sound and also originally meant violence.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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