猪油 (zhū yóu) — lard

Definition

noun
lard

Examples

  • 猪油
    Hěn duō chuán tǒng gāo diǎn dōu yòng zhū yóu lái zuò.
    Many traditional pastries are made with lard.
  • 猪油
    zhū yóu De xiāng wèi ràng zhè dào cài gèng hǎo chī.
    The aroma of lard makes this dish more delicious.
  • 猪油
    Yǐ qián rén men cháng yòng zhū yóu chǎo cài, xiàn zài gèng duō rén yòng zhí wù yóu.
    In the past, people often used lard for stir-frying; now more people use vegetable oil.

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.

油 oil rendered from a 猪 pig.

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
Written in full asquǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
zhězhū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

Open 猪 →

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
Written in full asshuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
yóuyóu
Same sound today

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

Open 油 →
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