浓汤 (nóng shāng) — thick soup, puree | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

thick souppuree

Measure word · 碗

浓汤。
Zhè jiā cān tīng de nóng shāng fēi cháng hǎo hē.
The thick soup at this restaurant is very tasty.
浓汤。
Wǒ xǐ huan zài dōng tiān hē yì wǎn rè nóng shāng.
I like to have a bowl of hot thick soup in winter.
浓汤，。
Tā bǎ shū cài zhǔ chéng nóng shāng, jiā diǎn yán jiù hěn měi wèi.
She boiled the vegetables into a thick soup, and adding a little salt made it delicious.

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.

浓 gives thickness, and 汤 is soup, giving thick soup.

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 濃; 浓 is its simplified writing.

氵農濃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

農

農nóng濃nóng

Same sound today

The traditional form 濃 has 氵 as water and 農 as the sound part; this is the form described here.

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 湯; 汤 is its simplified writing.

氵昜湯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

昜

昜yáng湯tāng

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

For 汤, the shape explained is 湯: 氵 is water, and 昜 gives the sound.

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