包装纸 (bāo zhuāng zhǐ) — wrapping paper | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wrapping paper

Measure word · 张

Examples

包装纸。
Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yí juàn bāo zhuāng zhǐ.
Please help me buy a roll of wrapping paper.
包装纸，。
Zhè zhāng bāo zhuāng zhǐ tài báo le, róng yì pò.
This sheet of wrapping paper is too thin and tears easily.
包装纸。
Tā yòng piào liang de bāo zhuāng zhǐ bǎ lǐ wù bāo hǎo le.
He wrapped the gift nicely with beautiful wrapping paper.

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.

包装wrap and pack

包bāowrap装zhuāngpack

联合Coordinate

包装纸 uses 包装 'wrap and pack' before 纸 'paper' to mean paper for wrapping things.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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