鱼缸 (yú gāng) — fish tank; aquarium; fish bowl | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fish tankaquariumfish bowl

Measure word · 个

Examples

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Wǒ jiā yǒu yí gè dà yú gāng.
My home has a big fish tank.
鱼缸。
Zhè xiē jīn yú zài yú gāng lǐ yóu lái yóu qù.
These goldfish are swimming around in the tank.
鱼缸。
Tā měi tiān dōu yào cā yú gāng huàn shuǐ.
Every day he has to clean the fish tank and change the water.

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.

鱼 names fish and 缸 names a tank, giving a tank for fish.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Fish & Aquatic Life Miscellaneous Objects

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