油田 (yóu tián) — oil field

Definition

noun
oil field
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 油田
    Zhè ge yóu tián yǐ jīng kāi cǎi le èr shí nián.
    This oil field has been exploited for twenty years.
  • 油田
    Tā men zài yóu tián fù jìn jiàn le yí gè xīn gōng chǎng.
    They built a new factory near the oil field.
  • 油田
    yóu tián De zī yuán duì jīng jì fā zhǎn hěn zhòng yào.
    The resources of the oil field are very important for economic development.

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.

油 names oil and 田 names field, so 油田 means an area rich in oil.

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
Written in full asshuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
yóuyóu
Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

Open 油 →

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

田 looks like a field divided into four sections.

Open 田 →
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