大雾 (dà wù) — dense fog | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dense fog

Measure word · 场

大雾，。
Jīn tiān yǒu dà wù, kāi chē yào xiǎo xīn.
There is dense fog today; be careful when driving.
大雾。
dà wù Dǎo zhì háng bān yán wù le.
The dense fog caused flight delays.
大雾。
dà wù Zhōng kàn bù qīng qián miàn de lù.
In the dense fog, you can't see the road ahead clearly.

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 gives big and 雾 means fog, together describing a heavy, widespread fog.

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 霧; 雾 is its simplified writing.

雨務霧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

務

務wù霧wù

Same sound today

In the traditional form 霧, 雨, rain, is on top and 務 below gives the sound; the simplified 雾 is a shorthand.