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脱水 (tuō shuǐ) — (verb) to dehydrate; to remove water from something; (noun) dehydration

Definition

Literally 'shed water' — used as a verb for the process of removing water (from food, substances, or the body) and as a noun for the resulting state of lacking water.

verb
to dehydrateto remove water from something
noun
dehydration

Examples

  • ，脱水。
    Tā yīn wèi yùn dòng hòu méi jí shí hē shuǐ, shēn tǐ chū xiàn le tuō shuǐ.
    He got dehydrated because he didn't drink water in time after exercise.
  • 脱水，。
    Zhè zhǒng shū cài jīng guò tuō shuǐ chǔ lǐ, kě yǐ bǎo cún hěn jiǔ.
    This kind of vegetable can be stored for a long time after dehydration processing.
  • 。
    Zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ tuō le shuǐ zhī hòu zhòng liàng shǎo le hěn duō.
    After this fruit was dehydrated, its weight decreased a lot.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

脱tuōremove
水shuǐwater

脱 means remove and 水 means water, so together they mean removing water or dehydration.

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 脫; 脱 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròu
Sound part声符shēngfú
兌
兌duì脫tuō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 脫 puts ⺼ (meat) beside 兌, which gives the sound; the simplified 脱 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 脱 →

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

Open 水 →
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