鱼子酱 (yú zǐ jiàng) — caviar | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

caviar

Examples

鱼子酱。
Tā mǎi le yì xiē yú zǐ jiàng sòng gěi péng you.
He bought some caviar as a gift for a friend.
鱼子酱，。
Zhè zhǒng yú zǐ jiàng hěn guì, yī xiǎo guàn jiù yào liǎng qiān kuài.
This kind of caviar is very expensive; a small jar costs two thousand yuan.
鱼子酱。
Shēng rì wǎn yàn shàng wǒ men cháng le yú zǐ jiàng hé xiāng bīn.
At the birthday dinner we tasted caviar and champagne.

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.

鱼子fish eggs

鱼yúfish子zǐegg

偏正Modifier + head

鱼子 means fish eggs and 酱 means paste, giving a paste made from fish eggs.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

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 醬; 酱 is its simplified writing.

將酉醬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒudrink

Sound part声符shēngfú

將

將jiāng醬jiàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 醬 pairs 將, which suggests the sound, with 酉, a drink; the simplified 酱 is a later abbreviation.

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