推子 (tuī zǐ) — hair clippers | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hair clippers

Measure word · 把

Easily confused

推子。
Wǒ yé ye yòng tuī zǐ gěi zì jǐ jiǎn tóu fa.
My grandfather uses clippers to cut his own hair.
推子。
Lǐ fà shī bǎ tuī zǐ xiāo dú hòu kāi shǐ gōng zuò.
The barber sterilized the clippers and then started working.
，推子。
Měi cì lǐ fà, shī fu dōu huì xiān jiǎn chá tuī zǐ.
Every time I get a haircut, the barber first checks the clippers.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

推 “push” and 子 together name a clipping tool that works by pushing.

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.

扌隹推

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

隹

隹zhuī推tuī

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

The left side 扌 is a hand, and the right side 隹 gives the sound; the character shows pushing with the hand.

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

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.