汗液 (hàn yè) — sweat, perspiration | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A formal or scientific term for 'sweat' — the liquid the body produces to cool down. In everyday speech 汗 (hàn) alone is more common.

noun

sweatperspiration

Examples

汗液。
Yùn dòng hòu tā liú le hěn duō hàn yè.
He sweated a lot after exercise.
汗液。
hàn yè Shì shēn tǐ jiàng wēn de yì zhǒng fāng shì.
Sweat is a way for the body to cool down.
汗液。
Yī shēng jiàn yì duō hē shuǐ bǔ chōng hàn yè liú shī de shuǐ fèn.
The doctor recommends drinking more water to replenish the moisture lost through sweat.

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.

液yèliquid

The sense of 汗 and 液 names the liquid that is sweat.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

干

干gān汗hàn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

汗 has 水, the water form, beside 干; 水 relates to liquid sweat, while 干 gives the sound.

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

氵夜液

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

夜

夜yè液yè

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 夜 gives the sound; together they form 液, a liquid, like water.

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