电解质 (diàn jiě zhì) — electrolyte | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

electrolyte

电解质。
Yùn dòng hòu hē diǎn hán diàn jiě zhì de yǐn liào kě yǐ bǔ chōng shuǐ fèn.
Drinking a beverage containing electrolytes after exercise can replenish fluids.
电解质。
diàn jiě zhì Zài diàn chí zhōng de zuò yòng shì dǎo diàn.
The function of electrolytes in a battery is to conduct electricity.
电解质。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā duō chī hán diàn jiě zhì de shí wù.
The doctor advised him to eat more foods that contain electrolytes.

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.

电解electrolysis

电diànelectricity解jiědecompose

偏正Modifier + head

质zhìsubstance

电解 is decomposition by electricity, and 质 means substance, so the word names a substance involved in that process.

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

申

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

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

角刀牛解

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 質; 质 is its simplified writing.

斦貝質

The traditional form 質 is made up of 貝 and 斦; this describes 質, not the simplified 质.

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