折叠床 (zhé dié chuáng) — folding bed; cot

Definition

noun
folding bedcot
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 折叠床，。
    Wǒ jiā yǒu yì zhāng zhé dié chuáng, kè rén lái le kě yǐ shuì.
    My home has a folding bed; guests can sleep on it when they come.
  • 折叠床，。
    Zhè ge zhé dié chuáng hěn qīng, fāng biàn xié dài.
    This folding bed is very light and easy to carry.
  • 折叠床。
    Wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi le yì zhāng zhé dié chuáng.
    I bought a folding bed online.

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.

折叠fold
折zhéfold叠diéfold
联合Side by side
床chuángbed

The folding 折叠 (fold together) describes the 床 (bed), giving a bed that folds.

Characters in this word

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

  • 屮𣏄𣏄a tree {{zh-m|*木}} cut in half
  • 斤斤jīnaxe

The shape originally showed an axe (斤) cutting a tree in half; in 折 the left part is now written as a hand.

Open 折 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 疊; 叠 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 疊, not 叠, pairs 畾 and 宜 to show a pile.

Open 叠 →

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

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

Open 床 →

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