双簧管 (shuāng huáng guǎn) — oboe | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oboe

Measure word · 支

Examples

双簧管。
Tā zhèng zài chuī shuāng huáng guǎn.
He is playing the oboe.
双簧管。
Tā zài dà xué xué huì le chuī shuāng huáng guǎn.
She learned to play the oboe in college.
双簧管。
shuāng huáng guǎn De shēng yīn fēi cháng yōu měi.
The oboe has a very beautiful sound.

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.

双簧double reed

双shuāngdouble簧huángreed

偏正Modifier + head

A 管 tube with 双 double 簧 reeds is the oboe.

Characters in this word

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

又又双

又又yòu
又又yòu

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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