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硅胶 (guī jiāo) — silica gel; silicone rubber

Definition

Two related materials: silica gel (the small drying-agent packets in packaging) and silicone rubber (the flexible, heat-resistant polymer used in molds, implants, and kitchenware).

noun
silica gelsilicone rubber

Examples

  • 硅胶，。
    Xīn xié hé lǐ fàng le yí dài guī jiāo, yòng lái fáng cháo.
    A bag of silica gel was placed in the new shoe box to prevent moisture.
  • 硅胶。
    Zhè zhǒng guī jiāo mú jù kě yǐ fàng jìn kǎo xiāng kǎo dàn gāo.
    This type of silicone rubber mold can be put in the oven to bake cakes.
  • 硅胶。
    Yī shēng bǎ guī jiāo zhí rù wù fàng rù huàn zhě tǐ nèi.
    The doctor placed a silicone implant into the patient's body.

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.

硅guīsilicon
胶jiāogel/rubber

The material named by 硅 (silicon) and 胶 (gel or rubber).

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 硅 →

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 膠; 胶 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat; flesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
翏
翏liù膠jiāo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 膠 pairs ⺼ (meat; flesh) with 翏, which gives the sound.

Open 胶 →
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