喜糖 (xǐ táng) — wedding candy; celebratory sweets given at happ… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Candy given out to share good news, almost always at weddings (喜事). Pairs with 喜酒, the wedding feast where the candy is handed to guests.

noun

wedding candycelebratory sweets given at happy occasions

Measure word · 颗

Examples

喜糖。
Tā men hūn lǐ shàng zhǔn bèi le gè zhǒng kǒu wèi de xǐ táng.
They prepared all kinds of flavors of wedding candy for their ceremony.
，喜糖。
Péng you jié hūn shí, wǒ shōu dào le yì hé jīng měi de xǐ táng.
When my friend got married, I received a beautifully packaged box of wedding candy.
喜糖。
xǐ táng De bāo zhuāng dài shàng tōng cháng yìn zhe shuāng xǐ zì.
The packaging bags of wedding candy usually have the double happiness character printed on them.

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.

喜xǐcelebratory

The 喜 celebratory part tells what kind of 糖 candy it is: sweets given at happy occasions.

Characters in this word

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

壴口喜

壴壴zhùdrum
口口kǒumouth

喜 combines 壴, a drum, with 口, a mouth.

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

米唐糖

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

唐

Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Food (General)Romance & Marriage

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