垃圾袋 (lā jī dài) — trash bag; garbage bag

Definition

noun
trash baggarbage bag
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 垃圾袋
    Qǐng bǎ lā jī dài ná dào lóu xià qù.
    Please take the trash bag downstairs.
  • 垃圾袋
    Zhè zhǒng lā jī dài hěn jiē shi, bú huì pò.
    This kind of trash bag is very sturdy and won't break.
  • 垃圾袋
    Wǒ mǎi le yí juàn lā jī dài, gòu yòng yí gè yuè.
    I bought a roll of trash bags, enough for a month.

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.

垃圾trash
联绵Bound pair

垃圾 means trash and 袋 means bag; together they name a trash bag.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
clothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
dàidài
Same sound today

袋 combines 衣 (clothes) with 代, where 衣 gives the meaning and 代 gives the sound.

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