液态 (yè tài) — liquid state | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

liquid state

Examples

液态。
Shuǐ zài líng dù shí cóng yè tài biàn chéng gù tài.
Water changes from a liquid state to a solid state at zero degrees.
液态。
yè tài Qīng shì huǒ jiàn de zhòng yào rán liào.
Liquid hydrogen is an important fuel for rockets.
液态。
Zhè zhǒng wù zhì zài cháng wēn xià bǎo chí yè tài.
This substance remains in a liquid state at room temperature.

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.

液yèliquid

The sense of 液 as liquid and 态 as state together mean the condition of being 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.

氵夜液

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

夜

夜yè液yè

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 夜 gives the sound; together they form 液, a liquid, like water.

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

太心态

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

太

太tài态tài

Same sound today

态 is made of 太, which gives the sound, and 心 (heart).

Appears in

Physics & Chemistry

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