尼龙绳 (ní lóng shéng) — nylon cord | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

nylon cord

Measure word · 根

尼龙绳。
Wǒ mǎi le yí juàn ní lóng shéng yòng lái bǎng bāo guǒ.
I bought a roll of nylon cord to tie up parcels.
尼龙绳，。
Zhè zhǒng ní lóng shéng fēi cháng jiē shi, shì hé hù wài shǐ yòng.
This kind of nylon cord is very strong, suitable for outdoor use.
尼龙绳。
Dēng shān shí zuì hǎo dài shàng yì gēn ní lóng shéng yǐ bèi bù shí zhī xū.
When climbing, it's best to bring a nylon cord in case of need.

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.

尼龙nylon

尼龙 spells the material name, 绳 means cord; together a nylon cord.

Characters in this word

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

The shape draws one person sitting on or leaning against another person, giving the sense of stopping close to someone.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 龍; 龙 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 龍 originally drew a sacred creature with a large mouth and a snake-like body; the simplified 龙 is the form written here.

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 繩; 绳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

黽

黽mǐn繩shéng

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

The traditional form 繩 is built from 糸, the rope/string part, and 黽, the sound part.