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酒桶 (jiǔ tǒng) — wine barrel; alcohol barrel; cask for alcoholic beverages

Definition

noun
wine barrelalcohol barrelcask for alcoholic beverages
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 酒桶。
    Zhè ge jiǔ jiào lǐ yǒu hěn duō xiàng mù jiǔ tǒng.
    There are many oak barrels in this wine cellar.
  • 酒桶。
    Tā men bǎ xīn niàng de pí jiǔ zhuāng jìn jiǔ tǒng zhōng.
    They put the newly brewed beer into the barrels.
  • 酒桶酒桶。
    Lǎo bǎn dìng le yì jiǔ tǒng bú xiù gāng jiǔ tǒng.
    The boss ordered a batch of stainless steel barrels.

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.

酒jiǔalcohol
桶tǒngbarrel

酒 and 桶 combine to mean a barrel for alcohol.

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
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
酉
酉yǒu酒jiǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

Open 酒 →

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
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
甬
甬yǒng桶tǒng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 木 shows wood, and the right part 甬 gives the sound.

Open 桶 →
Appears in
Alcohol & TobaccoMiscellaneous Objects

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