The Chinese word **毫升 (háoshēng)**, meaning "milliliter," is formed through a logical, metric-based compounding of two characters: **毫 (háo)**, meaning "one-thousandth," and **升 (shēng)**, meaning "liter." It follows the standard Chinese pattern for creating decimal submultiples of units, analogous to the International System of Units (SI), where the prefix "milli-" is represented by **毫**. Thus, the term literally and directly translates to "one-thousandth of a liter," combining the unit of volume (**升**) with its fractional prefix (**毫**) to create a precise measurement term.