布丁 (bù dīng) — pudding (a sweet dessert)

Definition

noun

pudding (a sweet dessert)

Measure word · 个

布丁，。
Wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan zhè jiā diàn de bù dīng, kǒu gǎn hěn huá nèn.
I really like the pudding at this shop; the texture is very smooth.
布丁、。
Zuò bù dīng xū yào niú nǎi, jī dàn hé táng.
To make pudding you need milk, eggs, and sugar.
布丁，。
Zhè ge bù dīng wèi dào bú cuò, dàn shāo wēi yǒu diǎn tián.
This pudding tastes good, but it's a bit too sweet.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

布丁 spells English pudding; the characters carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

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

丁 may picture a nail head, a person's head, a square city wall, or a square star pattern.

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