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葡萄汁 (pú táo zhī) — grape juice

Definition

noun
grape juice
Measure word · 杯

Examples

  • 葡萄汁。
    Zǎo shàng hē yì bēi pú táo zhī duì shēn tǐ hǎo.
    Drinking a glass of grape juice in the morning is good for your health.
  • 葡萄汁，。
    Zhè píng pú táo zhī shì chún tiān rán de, méi yǒu jiā táng.
    This bottle of grape juice is all-natural, with no added sugar.
  • 葡萄汁。
    Hái zi men dōu xǐ huan hē bīng guò de pú táo zhī.
    Children all like to drink chilled grape juice.

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.

葡萄grape
葡pú萄táo
联绵Bound pair
汁zhījuice

葡萄 names the fruit and 汁 names the liquid, so the word is grape juice.

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
艸艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
匍
匍pú葡
Same sound today

葡 is built from 艸 (grass) plus 匍 as the sound part. For the grape meaning, the old explanation also links it to a sprout growing in a field, so the shape points to plants.

Open 葡 →

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
匋
匋táo萄
Same sound today

The top 艹 marks 萄 as a plant, and 匋 gives its sound. The part 匋 also points to making an earthenware jar, possibly for a plant used to make wine.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
十
十shí汁zhī(r)
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

汁 has 氵, a form of 水, on the left and 十 on the right. The water part shows it is about a liquid, and 十 gives the sound.

Open 汁 →
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