字母表 (zì mǔ biǎo) — alphabet | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

alphabet

Examples

字母表。
Wǒ zhèng zài xué xí yīng yǔ zì mǔ biǎo.
I am learning the English alphabet.
字母表，。
Hái zi xiān xué zì mǔ biǎo, zài xué dān cí.
Children first learn the alphabet, then learn words.
字母表26。
Hàn yǔ pīn yīn zì mǔ biǎo yǒu 26 gè zì mǔ.
The Chinese pinyin alphabet has 26 letters.

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.

字母letters

字zìcharacter母mǔbasic element

联合Coordinate

A 表 that lists 字母, the letter symbols used to write a language.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀子字

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

子

子zǐ字zì

Same sound today

字 pairs 宀 (roof) with 子 (child); 子 gives the sound, while 宀 relates to the meaning.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

衣衣yīgarment; clothing
毛毛máohair; feather

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

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