过滤嘴 (guò lǜ zuǐ) — filter tip (of a cigarette)

Definition

noun
filter tip (of a cigarette)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 过滤嘴。
    Zhè zhǒng guò lǜ zuǐ néng jiǎn shǎo xī yān shí xī rù de jiāo yóu.
    This kind of filter tip can reduce the tar inhaled while smoking.
  • 过滤嘴。
    Tā xí guàn bǎ guò lǜ zuǐ qiā diào zài chōu yān.
    He is used to removing the filter tip before smoking.
  • 过滤嘴。
    Chāo shì mài de xiāng yān dà duō shù dōu yǒu guò lǜ zuǐ.
    Most cigarettes sold in supermarkets have filter tips.

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.

过滤filter
过guòpass through滤lǜstrain
联合Side by side
嘴zuǐmouthpiece

过滤 strains smoke, and 嘴 names the small mouthpiece on a cigarette.

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 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
咼
咼wāi過guò
Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 过 →

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 濾; 滤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
慮
慮lǜ濾lǜ
Same sound today

The traditional form 濾 pairs 水, water, with 慮, which shows the sound lǜ; the simplified 滤 is a later shorthand.

Open 滤 →

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
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
觜
觜zī嘴
Same sound today

嘴 pairs 口 (mouth) with 觜, which supplies its sound.

Open 嘴 →

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