有机体 (yǒu jī tǐ) — organism | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

organism

Measure word · 个

Examples

有机体。
Zhè ge yǒu jī tǐ shì dān xì bāo shēng wù.
This organism is a single-celled creature.
有机体。
Kē xué jiā fā xiàn le xīn de yǒu jī tǐ.
Scientists discovered a new organism.
有机体。
Shuǐ zhōng de yǒu jī tǐ yě xū yào yǎng qì.
Organisms in water also need oxygen.

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.

有机organic

有yǒuhave机jīmechanism

动宾Verb + object

体tǐbody

有机 means organic and 体 means body, so 有机体 is an organic body, i.e. an organism.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

肉肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

又

又yòu有yǒu

Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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