排放量 (pái fàng liàng) — emissions volume, discharge amount

Definition

noun

emissions volumedischarge amount

排放量。
Gōng chǎng de pái fàng liàng bì xū fú hé guó jiā biāo zhǔn.
The factory's emission volume must meet national standards.
排放量。
Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài nǔ lì jiǎn shǎo èr yǎng huà tàn de pái fàng liàng.
The government is working to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
排放量。
Zhè ge chéng shì de qì chē pái fàng liàng zhú nián zēng jiā.
This city's vehicle emissions increase year by year.

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.

排放discharge

排páidischarge放fàngrelease

联合Side by side

排放 describes discharging or releasing, and 量 gives the amount involved.

Characters in this word

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

扌非排

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

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

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

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

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.