带状 (dài zhuàng) — band-shaped, strip-like, zonal

Definition

A technical/scientific term meaning 'band-shaped' or 'strip-like' — describes things arranged in a long narrow strip (distributions, structures, geological formations). Most often seen in compound terms like 带状疱疹 ('shingles').

adjective
band-shapedstrip-likezonal

Examples

  • 带状。
    Zhè tiáo hé shì dài zhuàng fēn bù de.
    This river is distributed in a strip-like pattern.
  • 带状。
    Yī shēng shuō tā dé le dài zhuàng pào zhěn.
    The doctor said he has shingles.
  • 带状。
    Zhè piàn sēn lín chéng dài zhuàng jié gòu.
    This forest has a strip-like structure.

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.

带dàiband
状zhuàngshape

Band and shape combine to describe something shaped like a band or strip.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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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 狀; 状 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán狀zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 狀 pairs 犬 (dog) with 爿 as a sound component; the simplified 状 is a shorthand, not the historical shape.

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