橡皮筋 (xiàng pí jīn) — rubber band | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rubber band

Measure word · 根

Examples

橡皮筋。
Tā yòng yí gè xiàng pí jīn bǎ tóu fa zhā qǐ lái le.
She used a rubber band to tie up her hair.
橡皮筋，。
Zhè xiē xiàng pí jīn tài jiù le, yì lā jiù duàn.
These rubber bands are too old; they break as soon as you stretch them.
橡皮筋，。
Wǒ mǎi le liǎng bāo xiàng pí jīn, yòng lái kǔn xìn fēng.
I bought two packs of rubber bands to bundle envelopes.

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.

橡皮rubber

橡xiàngrubber tree皮pískin

偏正Modifier + head

橡皮 gives rubber and 筋 a cord, so rubber band.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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

竹竹zhúbamboo
𠛧𠛧𠛧peel

筋 pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 𠛧 (peel), giving the idea of sinewy fibers from peeled bamboo.

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