帆布床 (fān bù chuáng) — canvas cot | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

canvas cot

Measure word · 张

Examples

帆布床。
Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng fān bù chuáng.
I bought a canvas cot.
帆布床，。
Zhè fān bù chuáng hěn qīng, róng yì dài.
This canvas cot is very light and easy to carry.
帆布床。
Tā zài fān bù chuáng shàng shuì le yí jiào.
He slept on the canvas cot for a nap.

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.

帆布canvas

帆fānsail布bùcloth

偏正Modifier + head

帆布 denotes sail cloth or canvas, and 床 denotes a bed, giving a canvas bed.

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.

巾凡帆

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

凡

凡fán帆fān

Same sound today

帆 pairs 巾 (cloth) with 凡, which gives the sound fán.

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

父fù布bù

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.

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

广木床

广广guǎnghouse
木木mùtree

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.

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