水果糖 (shuǐ guǒ táng) — fruit-flavored candy; fruit drops | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fruit-flavored candyfruit drops

Measure word · 颗

Examples

水果糖。
Wǒ xiǎo shí hou zuì xǐ huan chī zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ táng.
I loved eating this kind of fruit candy when I was a kid.
水果糖。
Zhè xiē shuǐ guǒ táng yǒu bù tóng de shuǐ guǒ kǒu wèi.
These fruit candies come in different fruit flavors.
水果糖。
Tā mǎi le yì bāo shuǐ guǒ táng sòng gěi péng you de hái zi.
She bought a bag of fruit candies to give to her friend's child.

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.

水果fruit

水shuǐwater果guǒfruit

偏正Modifier + head

糖tángsugar/candy

水 water, 果 fruit, and 糖 sugar/candy together mean fruit candy.

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.

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

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

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

米唐糖

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

唐

Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

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