春装 (chūn zhuāng) — spring clothing | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

spring clothing

Measure word · 套

春装，。
Zhè jiàn chūn zhuāng hěn báo, shì hé chūn tiān chuān.
This spring clothing is very thin, suitable for spring wear.
春装。
Shāng chǎng lǐ shàng le hěn duō xīn kuǎn chūn zhuāng.
The mall has put out many new styles of spring clothing.
，春装。
Tiān qì biàn nuǎn le, gāi mǎi jǐ jiàn chūn zhuāng le.
The weather is getting warmer; it's time to buy some spring clothes.

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.

The sense comes from 春 (spring) and 装 (clothing), together indicating clothing worn in spring.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

屯tún春chūn

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

春 combines 艸 (grass) and 日 (sun) with 屯, which supplies the sound and is described as a swollen sprout.

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.