大湖 (dà hú) — big lake | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

big lake

Measure word · 个

Examples

大湖。
Zhè ge dà hú de miàn jī hěn dà.
This big lake has a large area.
大湖。
dà hú Zhōu wéi de fēng jǐng fēi cháng měi lì.
The scenery around the big lake is very beautiful.
大湖。
Xià tiān hěn duō rén qù dà hú yóu yǒng.
In summer, many people go swimming in the big lake.

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 (big) describes the size of 湖 (lake).

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

胡

胡hú湖hú

Same sound today

湖 pairs 水 (water) with 胡 (hú), which gives the sound.

Appears in

Geography & Landforms

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