饲 sì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 司 to take charge of, to control, to manage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饲料
sìliào
animal feed; fodder
Characters in this word
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 由于进口饲料价格上涨，养殖场不得不重新核算成本。 Yóuyú jìnkǒu sìliào jiàgé shàngzhǎng, yǎngzhíchǎng bùdébù chóngxīn hésuàn chéngběn. Because imported feed prices rose, the breeding farm had to recalculate its costs.
- 农民每天早上给牛喂饲料和水。 Nóngmín měitiān zǎoshang gěi niú wèi sìliào hé shuǐ. The farmer gives the cattle feed and water every morning.
- 这种新配方的饲料能让猪长得更快。 Zhè zhǒng xīn pèifāng de sìliào néng ràng zhū zhǎng de gèng kuài. This feed with the new formula makes pigs grow faster.
Related words
- 饲养 sìyǎng to raise; to rear; to keep animals
- 材料 cáiliào material
- 燃料 ránliào fuel
- 塑料 sùliào plastic
- 塑料袋 sùliàodài plastic bag
- 原料 yuánliào raw material
- 资料 zīliào materials; information
- 饮料 yǐnliào drink
- 不料 búliào unexpectedly, to one’s surprise
- 料 liào material
- 料 liào to expect; to anticipate
- 预料 yùliào to predict; prediction