油轮 (yóu lún) — oil tanker | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oil tanker

Measure word · 艘

Examples

油轮。
Zhè sōu yóu lún kě yǐ zhuāng zài sān shí wàn dūn yuán yóu.
This oil tanker can carry 300,000 tons of crude oil.
油轮。
Nà sōu yóu lún zài hǎi shàng fā shēng le xiè lòu shì gù.
That oil tanker had a spill accident at sea.
油轮。
Xǔ duō guó jiā yī lài yóu lún yùn shū shí yóu.
Many countries rely on oil tankers to transport petroleum.

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 “oil” says what the 轮 “ship” carries.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 輪; 轮 is its simplified writing.

車侖輪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún輪lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 輪 uses 車, a carriage, and 侖 for the sound; the simplified 轮 is a later shorthand.

Appears in

Boats & Water Travel Vehicles

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