漂白粉 (piǎo bái fěn) — bleaching powder | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bleaching powder

Examples

漂白粉。
Zhè ge yóu yǒng chí yòng le piǎo bái fěn lái xiāo dú.
This swimming pool uses bleaching powder to disinfect.
漂白粉。
Gōng rén bǎ piǎo bái fěn dào jìn le shuǐ tǒng lǐ.
The worker poured bleaching powder into the bucket.
漂白粉。
Xǐ yī fěn hé piǎo bái fěn bù néng hùn zài yì qǐ yòng.
Laundry detergent and bleaching powder cannot be mixed together.

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.

漂白bleach

漂piāorinse白báiwhite

补充Verb + complement

漂白 says to make white and 粉 is powder, so it names a whitening powder.

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.

氵票漂

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.

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.

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

米分粉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

分fēn粉fěn

Same sound today

粉 pairs 米 (rice) with 分 for its sound. The rice part points to face powder made from rice.

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