油酥 (yóu sū) — crisp and flaky (of pastry or fried dough)

Definition

adjective
crisp and flaky (of pastry or fried dough)

Examples

  • 油酥。
    Zhè zhǒng yóu sū bǐng hěn hǎo chī.
    This kind of flaky pastry is very tasty.
  • 油酥。
    Zhè zhǒng yóu sū diǎn xin fēi cháng shòu huān yíng.
    This type of flaky pastry is very popular.
  • 油酥。
    yóu sū De zuò fǎ hěn jiǎn dān.
    The method for making flaky pastry is very simple.

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yóuoil
酥sūcrisp

油 means oil and 酥 means crisp, giving a flaky, oily texture.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
由
由yóu油yóu
Same sound today

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

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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
酉酉yǒualcohol
Sound part声符shēngfú
穌
穌sū酥sū
Same sound today

酥 pairs 酉, a part associated with alcohol, with 穌, which supplies the sound sū.

Open 酥 →

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