大象 (dà xiàng) — elephant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

elephant

Measure word · 只

Examples

大象。
Zuó tiān wǒ zài gōng yuán kàn dào yì zhī dà xiàng.
Yesterday I saw an elephant at the park.
大象。
dà xiàng Fēi cháng xǐ huan chī xiāng jiāo.
Elephants really like to eat bananas.
大象。
dà xiàng De bí zi fēi cháng yǒu lì liàng.
An elephant's trunk is very powerful.

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.

象xiàngelephant

The first character means large and the second means elephant; together they refer to the animal.

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.

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

象 is drawn as an elephant, with a long trunk, a head, and a big body.

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