捕蝇纸 (bǔ yíng zhǐ) — flypaper | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

flypaper

Measure word · 张

Examples

捕蝇纸。
Xià tiān chú fáng lǐ xū yào fàng jǐ zhāng bǔ yíng zhǐ.
In summer, you need to put a few sheets of flypaper in the kitchen.
捕蝇纸，。
Zhè zhǒng bǔ yíng zhǐ de xiào guǒ hěn hǎo, cāng ying yì zhān shàng jiù fēi bù zǒu le.
This kind of flypaper works very well; once a fly sticks to it, it can't fly away.
捕蝇纸，。
Wǒ zài chāo shì mǎi le yí juàn bǔ yíng zhǐ, zhǔn bèi guà zài yáng tái shàng.
I bought a roll of flypaper at the supermarket and plan to hang it on the balcony.

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.

捕蝇catch flies

捕bǔcatch蝇yíngfly

动宾Verb + object

捕蝇 means catching flies, and 纸 is paper, so 捕蝇纸 is paper for catching flies.

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.

扌甫捕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

甫

甫fǔ捕bǔ

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

捕 uses 扌 (a hand, from 手) to show catching, and 甫 for the sound.

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 蠅; 蝇 is its simplified writing.

虫黽蠅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

虫虫chónginsect

Sound part声符shēngfú

黽

黽mǐn蠅yíng

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

蝇 is the simplified form of 蠅, which pairs 虫 (insect) with 黽 as a sound part.

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).

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.