屏风 (píng fēng) — folding screen; room divider

Definition

noun
folding screenroom divider
Measure word · 扇

Examples

  • 屏风。
    Kè tīng lǐ fàng zhe yí shàn píng fēng.
    There is a folding screen in the living room.
  • 屏风。
    Zhè shàn píng fēng shì yòng mù tou zuò de.
    This screen is made of wood.
  • 屏风。
    Tā yòng píng fēng bǎ fáng jiān fēn chéng le liǎng bù fen.
    He used a screen to divide the room into two parts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

屏píngshield
风fēngwind

The 屏 part means to shield, and 风 means wind; together they name a screen that shields against wind.

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 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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