喇叭裤 (lǎ ba kù) — bell-bottom trousers | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bell-bottom trousers

Measure word · 条

Examples

喇叭裤。
Tā chuān le yì tiáo lán sè de lǎ ba kù.
She wore a pair of blue bell-bottom trousers.
喇叭裤。
Zhè zhǒng lǎ ba kù zài bā shí nián dài fēi cháng liú xíng.
This kind of bell-bottom trousers was very popular in the 1980s.
喇叭裤。
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì tiáo hǎo kàn de lǎ ba kù.
I want to buy a nice pair of bell-bottom trousers.

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.

喇叭horn

裤kùtrousers

喇叭 suggests the flaring horn shape, and 裤 is trousers, so it means bell-bottom trousers.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 褲; 裤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothing

Sound part声符shēngfú

庫

庫kù褲

Same sound today

The traditional form 褲 pairs 衣 (clothing) with 庫 for its sound. The simplified 裤 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical pieces.

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