纯净水 (chún jìng shuǐ) — purified water

Definition

Water that has been filtered or treated to remove impurities, sold in bottles as drinking water. Pairs naturally with 喝, 瓶, and brand/quality words.

noun

purified water

纯净水。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu hē yì píng chún jìng shuǐ.
I drink a bottle of purified water every day.
纯净水。
Zhè ge pǐn pái de chún jìng shuǐ zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
The quality of this brand of purified water is very good.
纯净水。
Nǐ kě yǐ yòng chún jìng shuǐ lái pào chá.
You can use purified water to brew tea.

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.

纯净pure and clean

联合Side by side

纯 and 净 both mean pure or clean, together describing 水 as water that has been made pure.

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 純; 纯 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìthread

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

屯tún純chún

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

The traditional form 純 pairs 糸 (thread) with 屯 as a sound part; the simplified 纯 is not the form described.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.