配制 (pèi zhì) — to prepare or compound (a mixture, medicine, chemical formula, etc.)

Definition

A technical/formal verb meaning to prepare or compound by combining ingredients — used in chemistry, pharmacy, and cooking contexts. It emphasizes mixing components in specific proportions, more precise than the general 制作 ('make, produce').

verb
to prepare or compound (a mixture, medicine, chemical formula, etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 配制。
    Yào fáng àn zhào yī shēng de chǔ fāng pèi zhì le zhè zhǒng yào.
    The pharmacy compounded this medicine according to the doctor's prescription.
  • 配制。
    Zhè zhǒng huà xué shì jì shì zài shí yàn shì lǐ pèi zhì chū lái de.
    This chemical reagent was compounded in the laboratory.
  • 配制。
    Chú shī yòng bù tóng de xiāng liào pèi zhì le dú tè de tiáo liào.
    The chef prepared a unique seasoning by combining different spices.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

配pèimix
制zhìmake

配 is mixing or preparing, and 制 is making; together they mean to prepare a mixture.

Characters in this word

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

  • 酉酉yǒualcohol vessel
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

配 is formed by putting 酉, an alcohol vessel, next to 卩, a kneeling person. The reference gives these two parts, but not the reason they combine.

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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