熏鱼 (xūn yú) — smoked fish | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

smoked fish

Measure word · 条

Examples

熏鱼。
Zhè jiā diàn de xūn yú fēi cháng hǎo chī.
This restaurant's smoked fish is very delicious.
熏鱼。
Mā ma yòng xūn yú zuò le yí dào cài.
Mom made a dish with smoked fish.
熏鱼。
xūn yú Shì yì zhǒng chuán tǒng de zhōng guó měi shí.
Smoked fish is a traditional Chinese delicacy.

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.

熏 means smoked and 鱼 means fish; together they name fish prepared by smoking.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 燻; 熏 is its simplified writing.

火熏燻

Meaning part形符xíngfú

火火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

熏

熏xūn燻xūn

Same sound today

In the traditional form 燻, 火 marks fire or smoke, and 熏 gives the sound; the modern 熏 is a shorter form.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

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