豆油 (dòu yóu) — soybean oil | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

soybean oil

Examples

豆油，。
Wǒ chǎo cài tōng cháng yòng dòu yóu, bú yòng huā shēng yóu.
I usually use soybean oil for stir-frying, not peanut oil.
豆油。
Zhè zhǒng dòu yóu shì cóng fēi zhuǎn jī yīn dà dòu zhōng tí qǔ de.
This soybean oil is extracted from non-GMO soybeans.
豆油。
Chāo shì lǐ yì píng dòu yóu de jià gé bú dào shí kuài qián.
A bottle of soybean oil at the supermarket costs less than ten yuan.

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.

豆 bean and 油 oil combine as soybean oil.

Characters in this word

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

豆 originally drew some kind of container. It was borrowed for its sound to write the plant name, so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

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