泳池 (yǒng chí) — swimming pool

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yǒngswim
池chípool

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.

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.

Open 泳 →

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.

Open 池 →
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