毫升 (háo shēng) — (classifier) milliliter (unit of volume) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A metric unit of volume (1/1000 of a liter), used like other measure words. Pairs with liquid nouns (水, 牛奶); contrast with 毫米, which measures length.

classifier

milliliter (unit of volume)

Examples

毫升。
Zhè píng yǐn liào yǒu wǔ bǎi háo shēng.
This bottle of drink has 500 milliliters.
毫升。
Yī shēng ràng wǒ měi tiān hē liǎng qiān háo shēng shuǐ.
The doctor told me to drink 2000 milliliters of water every day.
毫升。
Zhè ge bēi zi néng zhuāng sān bǎi háo shēng niú nǎi.
This cup can hold 300 milliliters of milk.

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.

毫háoone-thousandth

毫 gives one-thousandth and 升 gives liter, giving a thousandth of a liter.

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.

高高gāo
毛毛máo

The written form 毫 is built from 高 and 毛.

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

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 6 Units & Measurement

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