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条目 (tiáo mù) — entry (in a dictionary, catalog, list, etc.)

Definition

noun
entry (in a dictionary, catalog, list, etc.)
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 条目。
    Zhè běn cí diǎn yǒu shí wàn duō gè tiáo mù.
    This dictionary has over one hundred thousand entries.
  • 条目。
    Qǐng bǎ měi gè tiáo mù dì biān hào xiě qīng chǔ.
    Please write the number of each entry clearly.
  • 条目。
    Mù lù shàng de tiáo mù àn pīn yīn shùn xù pái liè.
    The entries in the catalog are arranged in pinyin order.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

条tiáoitem
目mùitem

条 and 目 both refer to listed items, together meaning an entry.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

Open 条 →

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

目 began as a drawing of a human eye, turned sideways.

Open 目 →
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