鱼池 (yú chí) — fishpond; fish farm pond | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fishpondfish farm pond

Measure word · 个

Examples

鱼池。
Yé ye zài yú chí lǐ yǎng le hěn duō lǐ yú.
Grandpa raises many carp in the fishpond.
鱼池。
Zhè ge yú chí de shuǐ xū yào dìng qī gēng huàn.
The water in this fishpond needs to be changed regularly.
鱼池。
Tā men zài yú chí páng biān jiàn le yí gè xiǎo tíng zi.
They built a small pavilion next to the fishpond.

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” means fish and “池” means pond, together giving a fishpond.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵也池

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě池chí

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

池 pairs 氵 (water) with 也, which provides the sound.

Appears in

Agriculture & Farming Fish & Aquatic Life

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.