输油管 (shū yóu guǎn) — petroleum pipeline | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

petroleum pipeline

Measure word · 条

Examples

输油管。
Zhè tiáo shū yóu guǎn cháng dá wǔ bǎi gōng lǐ.
This pipeline is five hundred kilometers long.
输油管。
Tā men zhèng zài wéi xiū nà tiáo lǎo huà de shū yóu guǎn.
They are repairing that aging pipeline.
输油管。
shū yóu guǎn De xiè lòu duì huán jìng zào chéng le yán zhòng wū rǎn.
The leak from the pipeline caused serious environmental pollution.

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.

输油transport oil

输shūtransport油yóuoil

动宾Verb + object

输油 means to transport oil, and 管 is a pipe, so the whole is a pipe for oil transport.

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 輸; 输 is its simplified writing.

車俞輸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jū

Sound part声符shēngfú

俞

俞yú輸shū

Same sound today

The traditional form 輸 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 俞 for sound; 車 shows the meaning.

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.

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.

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