炼油厂 (liàn yóu chǎng) — oil refinery | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oil refinery

Measure word · 家

Examples

炼油厂。
Nà ge chéng shì yǒu yì jiā hěn dà de liàn yóu chǎng.
That city has a very large oil refinery.
炼油厂。
Zhè jiā liàn yóu chǎng měi tiān shēng chǎn hěn duō qì yóu.
This refinery produces a lot of gasoline every day.
炼油厂。
Zhèng fǔ jì huà zài jiāo qū jiàn yí zuò xīn de liàn yóu chǎng.
The government plans to build a new refinery in the suburbs.

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.

炼油refine oil

炼liànrefine油yóuoil

动宾Verb + object

厂chǎngfactory

炼油 “refine oil” and 厂 “factory” combine to mean an oil refinery.

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 煉; 炼 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 炼 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 煉; in others (锻炼) it is 鍊.

火柬煉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

火火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

柬

柬jiǎn煉liàn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 煉 pairs 火 (fire) with 柬 as its sound part. The simplified 炼 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical component.

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

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

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 廠; 厂 is its simplified writing.

广敞廠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

敞

敞chǎng廠chǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廠 combines 广 with 敞, which gives the sound; the simplified 厂 is a later shorthand.

Appears in

Industry & Manufacturing

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