水文 (shuǐ wén) — hydrology | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hydrology

Examples

水文。
shuǐ wén Yán jiū shuǐ xún huán.
Hydrology studies the water cycle.
水文。
Tā shì yì míng shuǐ wén zhuān jiā.
He is a hydrology expert.
水文。
shuǐ wén Shù jù duì nóng yè hěn zhòng yào.
Hydrological data is important for agriculture.

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.

文wénphenomena

水 'water' and 文 'phenomena' combine to describe observable water conditions.

Characters in this word

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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