蔗糖 (zhè táng) — cane sugar | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cane sugar

蔗糖。
Zhè zhǒng zhè táng shì cóng gān zhe zhōng tí qǔ chū lái de.
This kind of cane sugar is extracted from sugarcane.
蔗糖。
Zuò dàn gāo shí wǒ fàng le yì xiē zhè táng.
When making a cake, I put in some cane sugar.
，蔗糖。
Hé bái táng xiāng bǐ, zhè táng de tián dù gèng gāo.
Compared with white sugar, cane sugar has higher sweetness.

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.

蔗zhèsugarcane

The parts give 蔗 sugarcane and 糖 sugar, naming sugar made from sugarcane.

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.

艹庶蔗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

庶

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

蔗 pairs 艹, a plant sign, with 庶, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

米唐糖

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

唐

Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

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