浆汁 (jiāng zhī) — pulp; thick liquid extracted from plants; paste; semi-solid mixture

Definition

A general term for the thick liquid or semi-solid paste extracted from plants — fruit pulp, medicinal plant juices, or ground bean paste. Spans both the liquid and paste forms.

noun
pulpthick liquid extracted from plantspastesemi-solid mixture

Examples

  • 浆汁，。
    Zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ de jiāng zhī fēi cháng yíng yǎng, kě yǐ zuò chéng yǐn liào.
    The pulp of this fruit is very nutritious and can be made into a drink.
  • 浆汁。
    Zhōng yào diàn mài de gè zhǒng jiāng zhī yào àn shuō míng fú yòng.
    The various plant juices sold in Chinese medicine shops should be taken according to the instructions.
  • 浆汁，。
    Jiāng huáng dòu jìn pào hòu mó chéng jiāng zhī, jiù néng zuò dòu fu le.
    After soaking the soybeans, grind them into a paste, and then you can make tofu.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

浆jiāngpulp
汁zhījuice

浆 means pulp and 汁 means juice, together they name thick plant liquid.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漿; 浆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng漿jiāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 漿 uses 水 to show a liquid and 將 for the sound. The simplified 浆 is a later shorthand, so its shape is not the historical one.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
十
十shí汁zhī(r)
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

汁 has 氵, a form of 水, on the left and 十 on the right. The water part shows it is about a liquid, and 十 gives the sound.

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