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水母 (shuǐ mǔ) — jellyfish

Definition

noun
jellyfish
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • 水母。
    Wǒ zài shuǐ zú guǎn kàn dào le yì zhī shuǐ mǔ.
    I saw a jellyfish at the aquarium.
  • 水母。
    Zhè zhǒng shuǐ mǔ de chù shǒu yǒu dú.
    This type of jellyfish has poisonous tentacles.
  • 水母。
    Liáng bàn shuǐ mǔ shì yí dào cháng jiàn de liáng cài.
    Cold jellyfish salad is a common cold dish.

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shuǐwater
母mǔmother

水 names water and 母 names mother; 水母 is a fixed name for jellyfish.

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.

Open 水 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 母 →
Appears in
Fish & Aquatic Life

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