营养学 (yíng yǎng xué) — nutritional science

Definition

noun
nutritional science

Examples

  • 营养学。
    Tā shì yì míng yíng yǎng xué jiào shòu.
    He is a professor of nutritional science.
  • 营养学。
    Xué xí yíng yǎng xué kě yǐ bāng zhù rén men gǎi shàn yǐn shí xí guàn.
    Studying nutritional science can help people improve their eating habits.
  • ，营养学。
    Jìn nián lái, yíng yǎng xué lǐng yù qǔ dé le xǔ duō tū pò.
    In recent years, many breakthroughs have been made in the field of nutritional science.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

营养nourishment
营yíngnourish养yǎngnurture
联合Side by side
学xuéstudy

营养 names nourishment, and 学 forms the name of the field of study.

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

Open 养 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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