橘汁 (jú zhī) — orange juice | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

orange juice

Measure word · 杯

橘汁。
Wǒ hē le yì bēi jú zhī.
I drank a glass of orange juice.
橘汁，。
jú zhī Hěn hǎo hē, wǒ hěn xǐ huan.
Orange juice is very tasty, I like it a lot.
橘汁。
Zǎo shàng hē yì bēi jú zhī duì shēn tǐ hǎo.
Drinking a glass of orange juice in the morning is good for your health.

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.

橘 names the fruit and 汁 its liquid, together meaning the juice squeezed from oranges.

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.

木矞橘

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

矞

矞yù橘jú

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

橘 has 木 on the left, showing a tree, and 矞 on the right, giving the sound.

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

氵十汁

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

十

十shí汁zhī(r)

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

汁 has 氵, a form of 水, on the left and 十 on the right. The water part shows it is about a liquid, and 十 gives the sound.