泡沫塑料 (pào mò sù liào) — foam plastic; plastic foam (e.g., styrofoam) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

foam plasticplastic foam (e.g., styrofoam)

Measure word · 块

Examples

泡沫塑料，。
Zhè xiē pào mò sù liào hěn qīng, shì hé yòng lái zuò bāo zhuāng cái liào.
This foam plastic is very light, suitable for use as packaging material.
泡沫塑料，。
pào mò sù liào Bù róng yì jiàng jiě, duì huán jìng yǒu wū rǎn.
Foam plastic is not easily degradable and pollutes the environment.
泡沫塑料。
Wǒ jīng cháng yòng pào mò sù liào zuò shǒu gōng mó xíng.
I often use foam plastic to make craft models.

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.

泡沫foam

泡pàobubble沫mòfoam

联合Coordinate

塑料plastic material

塑sùmold料liàomaterial

偏正Modifier + head

泡沫, from 泡 'bubble' and 沫 'foam', describes 塑料, from 塑 'mold' and 料 'material'.

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.

氵包泡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

包

包bāo泡pào

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

泡 combines 氵 (water) and 包, which supplies the sound. It conveys foam.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

末

末mò沫mò

Same sound today

沫 pairs 水 (water) with 末 (mò), where 水 marks the watery sense and 末 gives the sound.

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

朔土塑

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

朔

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

塑 pairs 土 (earth) with 朔, which gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

米斗料

米米mǐrice
斗斗dòudipper

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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