塑料袋 (sùliàodài) · plastic bag
塑料袋 (sùliàodài) means “plastic bag”. It is written with 3 characters: 塑 (to sculpt) + 料 (ingredients) + 袋 (bag). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 塑料袋 is built
The characters
塑 sù · to sculpt
What 塑 is made of
- 朔shuò — beginning
- 屰nì — disobedient
- 屮chè — sprout
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 屰nì — disobedient
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 朔 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
料 liào · ingredients
What 料 is made of
- 米mǐ — rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 斗dòu — to struggle
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
袋 dài · bag
What 袋 is made of
- 代dài — era
- 亻rén — person
- 弋yì — to catch
- 衣yī — cloth
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 衣 gives the meaning, 代 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 塑料袋
What does 塑料袋 mean?
塑料袋 (sùliàodài) means “plastic bag”.
How do you pronounce 塑料袋?
塑料袋 is pronounced sùliàodài.
Which HSK level is 塑料袋?
塑料袋 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 塑料sùliàoplastic
- 雕塑diāosùsculpture
- 塑造sùzàoto shape
- 材料cáiliàomaterial
- 燃料ránliàofuel
- 原料yuánliàoraw material
- 资料zīliàomaterial
- 饮料yǐnliàodrink
- 不料bùliàounexpectedly
- 调料tiáoliàoseasoning
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 86: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.