木板 (mù bǎn) — plank, board (piece of wood) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

plankboard (piece of wood)

Measure word · 张

Examples

木板。
Tā mǎi le jǐ kuài mù bǎn zuò shū jià.
He bought several planks to make a bookshelf.
木板。
Zhè ge mù bǎn zuò de zhuō zi fēi cháng jiē shi.
This table made of boards is very sturdy.
木板。
Wǒ men yòng mù bǎn dā le yí gè xiǎo péng zi.
We built a small shed with planks.

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.

木 means wood, 板 means board; together they name a board made of wood.

Characters in this word

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

木 is drawn as a tree, with branches above and roots below.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn板bǎn

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

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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