树脂 (shù zhī) — resin | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

resin

Examples

树脂。
Zhè zhǒng shù zhī kě yǐ yòng lái zhì zuò sù liào.
This type of resin can be used to make plastic.
树脂。
shù zhī Shì yì zhǒng tiān rán de gāo fēn zǐ cái liào.
Resin is a natural polymer material.
树脂。
Gōng rén bǎ shù zhī tú zài mù tou shàng bǎo hù biǎo miàn.
The worker applied resin to the wood to protect the surface.

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.

树 gives tree and 脂 gives resin or fatty substance, so the sense is tree resin.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樹; 树 is its simplified writing.

木尌樹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

尌

尌shù樹shù

Same sound today

Originally 尌, 'to plant a tree', was written alone; the traditional form 樹 adds 木, 'tree', to it to differentiate.

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

月旨脂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

月Written in full as肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

旨

旨zhǐ脂zhī

Same sound today

The left 月 is meat, and the right 旨 gives the sound.

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