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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yè | ye4
English translation
liquid
fluid
Taiwan pr. [yì]
fluid, liquid; juice, sap

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵夜

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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这种 zhè zhǒng 液体 yètǐ tiān Lěng shí 凝结 níng jié kuài xiē .

This liquid gels faster in cold weather.

Bié ràng suān jiàn dào 手上.

Don't let the acid splash on your hand.

胃液 wèi yè nèi 含有 hán yǒu yán suān gěi 胃蛋白 méi 提供 tígōng suān 溶液 róng yè .

Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid to provide an acidic solution for pepsin.

这种 zhè zhǒng 消化 xiāohuà (每天 měi tiān yāo 分泌 fēnmì 1品脱 pǐn tuō )流入 liú rù de 十二指肠 shí èr zhǐ cháng , suān Zhōng le .

This juice - about a quart a day -- pours into my duodenum, neutralizing acids.

有些 yǒu xiē 唾液 tuò yè suān 位于 wèiyú 溶酶 de wài 表面 biǎomiàn .

Some sialic acid is on the external surface of lysosomes.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
血液 xuè yè blood血液 xuè yè
liquid
液晶 yè jīng liquid crystal液晶 yè jīng
液体 yètǐ liquid液體
精液 jīng yè semen精液 jīng yè
溶液 róng yè solution (chemistry)溶液 róng yè
输液 shū yè intravenous infusion輸液
唾液 tuò yè saliva唾液 tuò yè
体液 tǐ yè bodily fluid體液
毒液 dú yè venom毒液 dú yè
液压 yè yā hydraulic pressure液壓
液化 yè huà to liquefy液化 yè huà
液态 yè tài liquid (state)液態
液化气 yè huà qì liquid gas液化氣
乳液 rǔ yè milk乳液 rǔ yè
五粮液 Wǔ liáng yè Wuliangye liquor五糧液
黏液 nián yè mucus黏液 nián yè
液氮 yè dàn liquid nitrogen液氮 yè dàn
培养液 péi yǎng yè culture fluid (in biological lab.)培養液
尿液 niào yè urine尿液 niào yè
脑脊液 nǎo jǐ yè cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)腦脊液
汁液 zhī yè juice汁液 zhī yè
汗液 hàn yè sweat汗液 hàn yè
营养液 yíng yǎng yè nutrient fluid營養液

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Decomposition

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