玉米粥 (yù mǐ yù) — corn porridge, maize gruel

Definition

noun

corn porridgemaize gruel

Measure word · 碗

玉米粥。
Zǎo shàng hē yì wǎn rè yù mǐ yù duì shēn tǐ hǎo.
Drinking a bowl of hot corn porridge in the morning is good for your health.
玉米粥。
Mā ma zhǔ de yù mǐ yù yòu xiāng yòu tián.
The corn porridge my mom makes is fragrant and sweet.
玉米粥。
Shí táng jīn tiān yǒu yù mǐ yù hé bāo zi.
The cafeteria has corn porridge and steamed buns today.

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.

玉米corn

偏正Modifier + head

玉米 gives corn and 粥 porridge, so 玉米粥 names corn porridge.

Characters in this word

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

玉 was drawn as a ritual jade piece, or as jade pieces strung together, and was made distinct from 王 by adding a dot.

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

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.