墙纸 (qiáng zhǐ) — wallpaper | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wallpaper

Measure word · 张

Examples

墙纸。
Wǒ mǎi le yì zhǒng xīn de qiáng zhǐ lái zhuāng shì kè tīng.
I bought a new kind of wallpaper to decorate the living room.
墙纸，。
Zhè zhǒng qiáng zhǐ hěn róng yì tiē, zì jǐ dòng shǒu jiù xíng.
This wallpaper is very easy to put up; you can do it yourself.
墙纸，。
Fáng jiān de qiáng zhǐ yǐ jīng jiù le, xū yào huàn diào.
The wallpaper in the room is old and needs to be replaced.

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.

The parts 墙 'wall' and 纸 'paper' combine to mean paper applied to walls.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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