流体 (liú tǐ) — fluid | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fluid

流体。
Shuǐ shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de liú tǐ.
Water is a common fluid.
流体。
Xuè yè shì rén tǐ nèi zuì zhòng yào de liú tǐ zhī yī.
Blood is one of the most important fluids in the human body.
流体，。
Kōng qì yě shì yì zhǒng liú tǐ, zhǐ bú guò kàn bú jiàn.
Air is also a fluid, just invisible.

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.

流 describes flowing, and 体 is the material body.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

㐬

㐬㐬流liú

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

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

骨豊體

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ體tǐ

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

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

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