输油管线 (shū yóu guǎn xiàn) — oil pipeline

Definition

noun
oil pipeline
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 输油管线。
    Zhè tiáo shū yóu guǎn xiàn shì cóng yóu tián dào liàn yóu chǎng de zhǔ yào tōng dào.
    This oil pipeline is the main passage from the oil field to the refinery.
  • 输油管线，。
    Tā men zhèng zài pū shè yì tiáo xīn de shū yóu guǎn xiàn, quán cháng wǔ bǎi gōng lǐ.
    They are laying a new oil pipeline, 500 kilometers in total length.
  • 输油管线。
    Wéi xiū gōng rén zhèng zài jiǎn chá shū yóu guǎn xiàn de ān quán qíng kuàng.
    The maintenance workers are checking the safety condition of the oil pipeline.

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.

输油transport oil
输shūtransport油yóuoil
动宾Verb + object
管线pipeline
管guǎnpipe线xiànline
偏正Modifier + head

输油 means transporting oil and 管线 means a pipe line, naming a pipeline for oil.

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 輸; 输 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
俞
俞yú輸shū
Same sound today

The traditional form 輸 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 俞 for sound; 車 shows the meaning.

Open 输 →

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
由
由yóu油yóu
Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

Open 油 →

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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān管guǎn
Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

Open 管 →

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →

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