油价 (yóu jià) — oil price | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oil price

Examples

油价。
Zuì jìn yóu jià zhǎng le bù shǎo.
Oil prices have risen quite a bit recently.
油价。
Guó jì yóu jià tū rán xià diē le.
International oil prices suddenly dropped.
油价。
Wǒ men dé guān zhù yóu jià de biàn huà.
We need to pay attention to changes in oil prices.

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.

油 says oil and 价 says price, so it is the price of oil.

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.

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.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

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

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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