乳房 (rǔ fáng) — breast; udder | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

breastudder

Measure word · 个

乳房。
Tā qù yī yuàn jiǎn chá rǔ fáng.
She went to the hospital to examine her breasts.
乳房。
Nǎi niú de rǔ fáng kě yǐ shēng chǎn hěn duō niú nǎi.
A cow's udder can produce a lot of milk.
乳房。
Yī shēng fā xiàn tā de rǔ fáng yǒu yí gè xiǎo zhǒng kuài.
The doctor found a small lump in her breast.

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.

乳rǔmilk/breast

乳 relates to milk or nursing, and 房 suggests a chamber-like form, together naming the breast.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

乳 originally drew a kneeling woman holding and breastfeeding a child, matching its meanings of breast and milk.

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

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

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