暴风 (bào fēng) — gale; violent wind; storm wind

Definition

noun
galeviolent windstorm wind
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 暴风
    Zuó tiān wǎn shàng de bào fēng bǎ shù dōu guā dǎo le.
    Last night's gale blew down all the trees.
  • 暴风
    Yù dào bào fēng de shí hou, bú yào zǒu zài wài biān.
    When encountering a storm wind, don't walk outside.
  • 暴风
    Zhè lǐ de bào fēng hěn dà, fáng zi yào gài dé fēi cháng jiē shi.
    The gales here are very strong; houses need to be built very sturdy.

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.

bàoviolent

暴 means violent and 风 means wind, so 暴风 is a violent wind.

Characters in this word

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

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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