大肠 (dà cháng) — large intestine; animal intestines (as food)

Definition

noun

large intestineanimal intestines (as food)

Measure word · 根

大肠，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de dà cháng, fā xiàn méi yǒu wèn tí.
The doctor examined his large intestine and found no problems.
大肠，。
Zhè dào chǎo dà cháng fēi cháng hǎo chī, nǐ cháng cháng.
This stir-fried large intestine dish is very tasty, have a taste.
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Dà cháng gǎn jūn shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de xì jūn.
Escherichia coli is a common type of bacteria.

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 (large) and 肠 (intestine) name the long, large intestine.

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 腸; 肠 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昜

昜yáng腸cháng

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

The traditional form 腸 pairs 肉, the body, with 昜, which gives the sound; the simplified 肠 is a later shorthand.

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