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旅行包 (lǚ xíng bāo) — traveling bag

Definition

noun
traveling bag
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 旅行包。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn de lǚ xíng bāo.
    I bought a new traveling bag.
  • 旅行包。
    Qǐng bǎ lǚ xíng bāo fàng zài xíng li jià shàng.
    Please put the traveling bag on the luggage rack.
  • 旅行包。
    lǚ xíng bāo Lǐ zhuāng zhe wǒ de yī fu hé rì yòng pǐn.
    Inside the traveling bag are my clothes and daily necessities.

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.

旅行travel
旅lǚtravel行xínggo
联合Coordinate
包bāobag

旅行 travel and 包 bag combine to mean a bag for travel.

Characters in this word

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

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

Open 旅 →

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

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

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

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.

Open 包 →
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