打印纸 (dǎ yìn zhǐ) — printer paper | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

printer paper

Measure word · 张

Examples

打印纸。
Wǒ mǎi le yì bāo dǎ yìn zhǐ.
I bought a pack of printer paper.
打印纸。
Zhè zhāng dǎ yìn zhǐ tài báo le.
This sheet of printer paper is too thin.
打印纸。
Bàn gōng shì de dǎ yìn zhǐ yòng wán le.
The office is out of printer paper.

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.

打印print

打dǎstrike印yìnprint

动宾Verb + object

打印 means print and 纸 means paper; this is paper used for printing.

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.

扌丁打

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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

爪爪zhuǎhand
卩卩jiékneeling person

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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