猪肉 (zhū ròu) — pork | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pork

Measure word · 块

Examples

猪肉，。
Wǒ bù chī zhū ròu, yīn wèi wǒ shì mù sī lín.
I don't eat pork because I am Muslim.
猪肉，。
Jīn tiān de zhū ròu hěn xīn xiān, wǒ mǎi le liǎng jīn.
Today's pork is very fresh; I bought two jin.
猪肉。
zhū ròu De jià gé zuì jìn shàng zhǎng le bù shǎo.
The price of pork has gone up quite a bit recently.

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.

猪 'pig' and 肉 'meat' together mean pork.

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.

犭者猪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

者

者zhě猪zhū

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

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

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

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

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