大树 (dà shù) — big tree, large tree | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

big treelarge tree

Measure word · 棵

Examples

大树，。
Cūn kǒu yǒu yì kē dà shù, xià tiān dà jiā dōu qù chéng liáng.
There is a big tree at the village entrance; everyone goes there to cool off in the summer.
大树，。
Zhè kē dà shù de shù guān hěn dà, xiàng yì bǎ dà sǎn.
The crown of this big tree is very large, like a big umbrella.
大树，。
Fēng chuī guò dà shù, shù yè shā shā zuò xiǎng.
The wind blows through the big tree, and the leaves rustle.

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.

大 describes the size of 树, yielding a large tree.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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 樹; 树 is its simplified writing.

木尌樹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

尌

尌shù樹shù

Same sound today

Originally 尌, 'to plant a tree', was written alone; the traditional form 樹 adds 木, 'tree', to it to differentiate.

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