高蛋白 (gāo dàn bái) — high protein | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

high protein

高蛋白。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu yào chī yì xiē gāo dàn bái de shí wù.
I eat some high-protein food every day.
高蛋白。
Zhè zhǒng gāo dàn bái shí pǐn fēi cháng shòu huān yíng.
This kind of high-protein food is very popular.
高蛋白。
Jiàn shēn de rén xū yào duō bǔ chōng gāo dàn bái.
People who exercise need to supplement more high protein.

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.

蛋白protein

偏正Modifier + head

高 means high, and 蛋白 names protein; together they mean high protein.

Characters in this word

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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

虫虫chóngsnake, insect

Sound part声符shēngfú

延

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

In 蛋, the lower part 虫 is a snake or insect, and the upper part is a shortened 延 giving the sound for 'egg'.

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

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.