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漂白剂 (piāo bái jì) — bleach (chemical cleaning agent)

Definition

noun
bleach (chemical cleaning agent)
Measure word · 瓶

Examples

  • 漂白剂。
    Wǒ yòng piāo bái jì bǎ bái chèn shān xǐ gān jìng le.
    I used bleach to wash the white shirt clean.
  • 漂白剂。
    Gōng chǎng shǐ yòng le dà liàng piāo bái jì lái chǔ lǐ fèi shuǐ.
    The factory used a large amount of bleach to treat the wastewater.
  • 漂白剂，。
    Zhè zhǒng piāo bái jì bù hán lǜ, duì huán jìng gèng yǒu hǎo.
    This type of bleach does not contain chlorine and is more environmentally friendly.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

漂白
漂piāowash白báiwhite
补充Verb + complement
剂jìpreparation

漂白 gives bleaching, and 剂 points to a preparation, together naming bleach.

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shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
票
票piào漂piǎo
Same sound today

漂 pairs 氵 (water) with 票, which gives its sound.

Open 漂 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

Open 白 →

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 劑; 剂 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刂Written in full as刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
齊
齊qí劑jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 劑, 齊 gives the sound and 刂 (刀, a knife) shows the meaning. The simplified 剂 is a later shorthand.

Open 剂 →
Appears in
Cleaning & Chores

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