热汤 (rè shāng) — hot soup | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hot soup

Measure word · 碗

热汤。
Dōng tiān hē yì wǎn rè shāng hěn shū fu.
Drinking a bowl of hot soup in winter is very comfortable.
热汤。
Mā ma gěi wǒ zhǔ le yì guō rè shāng.
Mom cooked a pot of hot soup for me.
热汤。
Zhè wǎn rè shāng de wèi dào zhēn hǎo.
The taste of this bowl of hot soup is really good.

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.

热 gives hot and 汤 gives soup, so the result is hot 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 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

埶灬熱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

埶

埶yì熱rè

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

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a 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 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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