矿泉水瓶 (kuàng quán shuǐ píng) — mineral water bottle

Definition

noun
mineral water bottle
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 矿泉水瓶。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge kuàng quán shuǐ píng rēng jìn kě huí shōu lā jī tǒng.
    Please throw this mineral water bottle into the recyclable trash bin.
  • ，矿泉水瓶。
    Tā hē wán shuǐ hòu, bǎ kuàng quán shuǐ píng suí shǒu fàng zài le zhuō shàng.
    After finishing his water, he casually put the mineral water bottle on the table.
  • 矿泉水瓶，。
    Zhè zhǒng kuàng quán shuǐ píng de sù liào hěn báo, róng yì biàn xíng.
    The plastic of this kind of mineral water bottle is very thin and easily deforms.

Origin

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 礦; 矿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shístone
Sound part声符shēngfú
廣
廣guǎng礦kuàng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 礦 shows 石, meaning stone, beside 廣, which gives the sound. The simplified 矿 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 矿 →

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

泉 pairs 白 (spring mouth) with 水 (water) to show water flowing from the source of a spring.

Open 泉 →

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

Open 水 →

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
瓦瓦wǎearthenware
Sound part声符shēngfú
并
并bìng瓶píng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

瓶 uses 瓦 to show an earthenware vessel and 并 for the sound. The original vessel had a long slender neck and narrow mouth.

Open 瓶 →

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