泳池 (yǒng chí) — swimming pool | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

swimming pool

Measure word · 个

Examples

泳池，。
Zhè ge yǒng chí fēi cháng dà, kě yǐ yóu hǎo jǐ gè lái huí.
This swimming pool is very large — you can swim several laps.
泳池。
Tā měi tiān zǎo chén dōu qù yǒng chí duàn liàn shēn tǐ.
He goes to the swimming pool every morning to work out.
泳池。
yǒng chí De shuǐ zhì xū yào dìng qī jiǎn cè.
The water quality of the swimming pool needs regular testing.

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.

泳 means swim and 池 means pool, so it is a pool for swimming.

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.

氵永泳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

永

永yǒng泳yǒng

Same sound today

泳 pairs 氵 (water) with 永, which gives the sound. The water part fits the meaning of swimming.

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

氵也池

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě池chí

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

池 pairs 氵 (water) with 也, which provides the sound.

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