饲料 (sì liào) — feed (for animals), fodder | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

饲料 is animal feed/fodder — food given to livestock and poultry, not people. Contrast with 粮食 (food grain for human consumption) and 肥料 (fertilizer for crops).

noun

feed (for animals)fodder

Measure word · 种

Examples

饲料。
Nóng mín xū yào gòu mǎi yōu zhì de sì liào lái wèi yǎng shēng chù.
Farmers need to buy high-quality feed to raise livestock.
饲料。
Zhè zhǒng sì liào hán yǒu fēng fù de dàn bái zhì.
This type of feed is rich in protein.
，饲料。
Dōng tiān de shí hou, mù mín huì chǔ cún dà liàng sì liào.
In winter, herders store a large amount of feed.

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.

饲sìto feed

料liàomaterial

饲 means to feed and 料 means material: material used to feed animals.

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 飼; 饲 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

司

司sī飼sì

Same sound today

The traditional form 飼 uses 食 to connect the meaning to food and 司 to give the sound; the simplified 饲 is a later shorthand.

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

米斗料

米米mǐrice
斗斗dòudipper

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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