蒸馏水 (zhēng liú shuǐ) — distilled water | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

distilled water

Examples

蒸馏水，。
Zhè zhǒng zhēng liú shuǐ bù néng zhí jiē yǐn yòng, xū yào chǔ lǐ.
This kind of distilled water cannot be drunk directly; it needs to be processed.
蒸馏水。
Shí yàn shì lǐ cháng yòng de zhēng liú shuǐ shì jīng guò duō cì zhēng liú de.
The distilled water commonly used in laboratories has been distilled multiple times.
蒸馏水？
Yòng zhēng liú shuǐ jiāo huā duì zhí wù yǒu hǎo chù ma?
Is it beneficial to water plants with distilled water?

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.

蒸馏distill

蒸zhēngsteam馏liúdistill

偏正Modifier + head

The process 蒸馏 means distill, and 水 means water, so the word denotes distilled water.

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

烝

烝zhēng蒸zhēng

Same sound today

蒸 pairs 艸 (grass) with 烝, which gives the sound.

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.

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