分泌物 (fēn mì wù) — secretion (biological, produced by a gland or o… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

secretion (biological, produced by a gland or organism)

Examples

分泌物。
Zhè zhǒng fēn mì wù kě yǐ bāng zhù xiāo huà shí wù.
This secretion helps digest food.
分泌物，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le bìng rén de fēn mì wù, fā xiàn le yì cháng.
The doctor examined the patient's secretion and found an abnormality.
分泌物。
Zhí wù yě huì chǎn shēng fēn mì wù lái bǎo hù zì jǐ.
Plants also produce secretions to protect themselves.

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.

分泌secrete

物wùthing/substance

分泌 means 'secrete', and 物 means 'thing/substance', naming a substance produced by secretion.

Characters in this word

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

八刀分

八八bāto separate
刀刀dāoknife

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

必

必bì泌mì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape of 泌 joins 水, meaning water, with 必, which gives the sound.

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

牛勿物

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

勿

勿wù物wù

Same sound today

物 puts 牛 beside 勿: 牛 gives the meaning, and 勿 gives the sound.

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