华氏 (Huá shì) — Fahrenheit | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Fahrenheit

华氏。
Jīn tiān zuì gāo qì wēn shì Huá shì jiǔ shí dù.
Today's high temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
华氏。
Shuǐ de fèi diǎn shì èr bǎi yī shí èr Huá shì dù.
The boiling point of water is 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
华氏。
Yī shēng jiàn yì yòng Huá shì wēn dù jì liáng tǐ wēn.
The doctor recommends taking body temperature with a Fahrenheit thermometer.

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.

华氏 uses 华 for the Fahrenheit name and 氏 for family or named scale, so it denotes the Fahrenheit scale.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 華; 华 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 華 showed flowers on a plant, with stalk and leaves below. The simplified 华 is a later shorthand and not the original picture.

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

The shape of 氏 is debated: one reading shows a stick with a mark on top for a clan, while others show a person bending or a tree root.

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