鱼油 (yú yóu) — fish oil | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fish oil

Examples

鱼油。
Wǒ měi tiān chī yí lì yú yóu.
I take one fish oil capsule every day.
鱼油。
yú yóu Duì xīn zàng jiàn kāng yǒu hǎo chù.
Fish oil is good for heart health.
鱼油。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā duō bǔ chōng yú yóu.
The doctor advised him to supplement more fish oil.

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 and 油 together mean oil from fish.

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.

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

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