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乳罩 (rǔ zhào) — bra

Definition

noun
bra
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 乳罩。
    Tā mǎi le yí jiàn xīn de rǔ zhào.
    She bought a new bra.
  • 乳罩。
    Zhè zhǒng rǔ zhào de cái zhì fēi cháng shū shì.
    The material of this kind of bra is very comfortable.
  • 乳罩。
    Shì chuān shí qǐng xuǎn zé hé shì de rǔ zhào chǐ cùn.
    Please choose the right bra size when trying it 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.

乳rǔbreast
罩zhàocover

乳罩 combines 乳 (breast) and 罩 (cover), naming a garment that covers 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.

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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
罒Written in full as网wǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
卓
卓zhuó罩zhào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

罩 combines 罒, a form of 网 “net”, with 卓, which gives the sound.

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Appears in
Clothing

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