蒸馏器 (zhēng liù qì) — still; distiller | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stilldistiller

Measure word · 台

Examples

蒸馏器。
Shí yàn shì lǐ yǒu yì tái zhēng liù qì.
There is a still in the lab.
蒸馏器。
Zhè zhǒng zhēng liù qì kě yǐ yòng lái tí qǔ jīng yóu.
This kind of still can be used to extract essential oils.
蒸馏器。
Gǔ dài rén yòng zhēng liù qì zhì zuò jiǔ jīng.
Ancient people used stills to make alcohol.

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.

蒸馏distill

蒸zhēngsteam馏liúdistill

联合Side by side

器qìdevice

蒸馏 means to distill, and 器 means a device; together they name a still.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

烝

烝zhēng蒸zhēng

Same sound today

蒸 pairs 艸 (grass) with 烝, which gives the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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