乒乓球台 (pīng pāng qiú tái) — ping pong table, table tennis table

Definition

noun
ping pong tabletable tennis table
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 乒乓球台。
    Wǒ men xué xiào de tǐ yù guǎn lǐ yǒu yì zhāng pīng pāng qiú tái.
    There is a ping pong table in our school's gymnasium.
  • 乒乓球台。
    Tā měi tiān xià wǔ dōu zài pīng pāng qiú tái shàng liàn xí fā qiú.
    He practices serving on the ping pong table every afternoon.
  • 乒乓球台，。
    Zhè zhāng pīng pāng qiú tái de zhì liàng hěn hǎo, dǎ qǐ lái hěn shū fu.
    This ping pong table is of good quality and feels comfortable to play on.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

乒乓
乒pīng乓pāng
球台ball table
球qiúball台táitable
偏正Modifier + head

“乒乓” names the game, and “球台” means a table for ball play.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 乒 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 乓 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Open 球 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

Open 台 →

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