尾气 (wěi qì) — exhaust (gas); emissions | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

exhaust (gas)emissions

Examples

尾气。
Zhè liàng chē de wěi qì pái fàng liàng hěn gāo.
This car's exhaust emissions are very high.
尾气。
Gōng chǎng bì xū jiǎn shǎo wěi qì de pái fàng.
The factory must reduce exhaust emissions.
尾气。
Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài zhì dìng gèng yán gé de wěi qì biāo zhǔn.
The government is setting stricter exhaust standards.

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.

尾wěitail; end

尾 is the tail or end and 气 is gas, so it names the gas emitted at the end.

Characters in this word

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

尸毛尾

尸尸shīperson
毛毛máohair; feather

The form 尾 combines 尸 (person) and 毛 (hair; feather).

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 氣; 气 is its simplified writing.

气米氣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

气

气qì氣qì

Same sound today

The traditional form 氣 pairs 米 (rice) with 气, which supplies the sound; the simplified 气 is a later abbreviation.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Environment & Ecology

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