xī guǎn
paille
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我需要一根吸管来喝我的饮料。
wǒ xūyào yī gē xīguǎn lái hē wǒ de yǐnliào.
I need a straw to drink my beverage.
吸管是塑料做的。
xīguǎn shì sùliào zuò de.
Straws are made of plastic.
吸管对环境有害。
xīguǎn duì huánjìng yǒu hài.
Straws are harmful to the environment.
饮管 (yǐn guǎn)
drinking straw
吸管 (xī guǎn)
straw
杯子 (bēizi)
cup
瓶子 (píngzi)
bottle
The Chinese word 吸管 (xīguǎn) for "straw" is a compound of two characters: 吸 (xī), meaning "to suck", and 管 (guǎn), meaning "tube" or "pipe". The word 吸管 is therefore a descriptive term for a straw, which is a tube used to suck up liquids.The character 吸 (xī) is composed of two parts: the radical 水 (shuǐ), meaning "water", and the phonetic component 吸 (xī). The radical 水 indicates that the character is related to water, while the phonetic component 吸 provides the pronunciation. The character 管 (guǎn) is also composed of two parts: the radical 竹 (zhú), meaning "bamboo", and the phonetic component 管 (guǎn). The radical 竹 indicates that the character is related to bamboo, while the phonetic component 管 provides the pronunciation.The compound word 吸管 (xīguǎn) is therefore a logical and descriptive term for a straw, which is a tube used to suck up liquids.
