塑料袋 (sù liào dài) — plastic bag | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

plastic bag

Measure word · 个

Examples

塑料袋。
Qǐng bǎ zhè ge sù liào dài fàng jìn bīng xiāng lǐ.
Please put this plastic bag in the fridge.
塑料袋。
Chāo shì bú zài miǎn fèi tí gōng sù liào dài.
The supermarket no longer provides free plastic bags.
塑料袋。
Zhè zhǒng sù liào dài kě yǐ huí shōu lì yòng.
This kind of plastic bag can be recycled.

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.

塑料moldable material

塑sùmold料liàomaterial

偏正Modifier + head

塑料 'moldable material' and 袋 'bag' combine to mean a plastic bag.

Characters in this word

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

朔土塑

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

朔

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

塑 pairs 土 (earth) with 朔, which gives the sound.

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

米斗料

米米mǐrice
斗斗dòudipper

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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

代衣袋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

代

代dài袋dài

Same sound today

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

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