油瓶 (yóu píng) — oil bottle | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oil bottle

Measure word · 个

Examples

油瓶。
Zhè ge yóu píng shì mā ma mǎi de.
This oil bottle was bought by Mom.
油瓶。
Qǐng bǎ yóu píng fàng zài chú fáng de guì zi lǐ.
Please put the oil bottle in the kitchen cabinet.
油瓶。
Tā dào yóu de shí hou bù xiǎo xīn dǎ fān le yóu píng.
He accidentally knocked over the oil bottle while pouring oil.

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 names oil and 瓶 names a bottle, giving a bottle for 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.

并瓦瓶

Meaning part形符xíngfú

瓦瓦wǎearthenware

Sound part声符shēngfú

并

并bìng瓶píng

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

瓶 uses 瓦 to show an earthenware vessel and 并 for the sound. The original vessel had a long slender neck and narrow mouth.

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