墙板 (qiáng bǎn) — wall panel, wallboard

Definition

noun

wall panelwallboard

Measure word · 块

墙板，。
Zhè zhǒng qiáng bǎn hěn jiē shi, bù róng yì huài.
This type of wall panel is very sturdy and not easy to break.
墙板。
Gōng rén zhèng zài ān zhuāng qiáng bǎn.
Workers are installing wall panels.
墙板。
Zhè jiān fáng jiān de qiáng bǎn shì bái sè de.
The wall panels in this room are white.

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.

墙 and 板 combine to mean a board fixed to or forming a wall.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 牆; 墙 is its simplified writing.

爿嗇牆

Meaning part形符xíngfú

嗇嗇sèwheat in a granary

Sound part声符shēngfú

爿

爿pán牆qiáng

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

In the traditional form 牆, 爿 gives the sound and 嗇, showing wheat in a granary, gives the wall meaning. The simplified 墙 is a later short form.

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

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.