试管 (shì guǎn) — test tube | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

test tube

Measure word · 支

Examples

试管。
Kē xué jiā bǎ yè tǐ dào rù shì guǎn zhōng.
The scientist pours the liquid into the test tube.
试管。
Zhè ge shì guǎn shì yòng bō li zuò de.
This test tube is made of glass.
试管，。
Xiǎo xīn ná shì guǎn, bié shuāi suì le.
Be careful holding the test tube, don't drop and break it.

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.

'试' means testing and '管' means tube, so 试管 is a tube used for tests.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

言式試

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

式

式shì試shì

Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

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

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

Appears in

Science (General)

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