屏山 (Píng shān) — Pingshan (county in Sichuan, China)

Definition

noun
Pingshan (county in Sichuan, China)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 屏山，。
    Wǒ qù nián qù guò Píng shān, nà lǐ fēng jǐng hěn měi.
    I went to Pingshan last year, the scenery there is beautiful.
  • 屏山，。
    Píng shān Wèi yú sì chuān shěng nán bù, shì yí gè xiǎo xiàn chéng.
    Pingshan is located in southern Sichuan Province, it's a small county town.
  • 屏山。
    Cóng yí bīn zuò chē dào Píng shān dà yuē xū yào liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
    It takes about two hours to get from Yibin to Pingshan by car.

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.

屏píngscreen
山shānmountain

屏 suggests a screen and 山 means mountain, so a mountain like a screen.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
并
并bìng屏bǐng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

屏 pairs 尸 with 并, which supplies the sound.

Open 屏 →

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Open 山 →

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