涂料 (tú liào) — paint; coating material

Definition

noun

paintcoating material

涂料，。
Zhè zhǒng tú liào huán bǎo wú dú, shì hé yòng yú ér tóng fáng jiān.
This type of paint is eco-friendly and non-toxic, suitable for children's rooms.
涂料。
Gōng rén men zhèng zài gěi wài qiáng shuā tú liào.
The workers are painting the exterior walls.
涂料。
Zhè zhǒng fáng shuǐ tú liào kě yǐ bǎo hù mù liào bú bèi fǔ shí.
This waterproof coating can protect the wood from corrosion.

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.

"涂" expresses applying or coating and "料" names material, so the word means material for coating.

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.

氵余涂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

余

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

涂 has 氵 on the left, a form of 水 meaning water, and 余 on the right for the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

米斗料

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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