涤纶

滌綸

dílún

noun #38,453

Meanings

1 polyester (fiber)
2 Dacron

Characters

to wash / cleanse (phonetic)

thread / silk cord

Examples

这件衬衫是涤纶面料的。

Zhè jiàn chènshān shì dílún miànliào de.

This shirt is made of polyester fabric.

涤纶比棉花更耐磨。

Dílún bǐ miánhuā gèng nài mó.

Polyester is more wear-resistant than cotton.

Tips

memory

A semantic-phonetic loan: 涤 sounds like 'di-' in Dacron (the DuPont polyester brand) and 纶 means 'thread/yarn'. So the name evokes both the foreign sound and the textile category.

Stroke Order

涤 dí

纶 lún