运动量 (yùn dòng liáng) — amount of exercise; exercise volume; workout load

Definition

Refers to how much exercise you do — duration, intensity, or total workload. A common topic in health advice, paired with words like 增加, 控制, 适当.

noun
amount of exerciseexercise volumeworkout load

Examples

  • 运动量，。
    Jīn tiān de yùn dòng liáng yǐ jīng gòu le, bú yào zài pǎo le.
    Today's exercise volume is already enough; don't run anymore.
  • 运动量。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā shì dàng zēng jiā yùn dòng liáng lái gǎi shàn shuì mián.
    The doctor advised him to moderately increase his exercise volume to improve sleep.
  • 运动量。
    Lǎo nián rén yào gēn jù zì jǐ de shēn tǐ zhuàng kuàng kòng zhì yùn dòng liáng.
    Elderly people should control their exercise volume according to their own physical condition.

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.

运动exercise
运yùnmove动dòngmove
联合Side by side
量liángamount

运动 (exercise) plus 量 (amount) gives the quantity of exercise performed.

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 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòmotion
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn運yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →

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 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng動dòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

Open 动 →

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

  • 日日rìsun
  • 東東dōngbag; east

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.

Open 量 →

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