沙拉 (shā lā) — salad | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

salad

Measure word · 份

沙拉。
Wǒ xiǎng diǎn yí fèn shū cài shā lā.
I'd like to order a vegetable salad.
沙拉？
Nǐ shā lā lǐ fàng le shén me jiàng?
What dressing did you put in your salad?
沙拉，。
Zhè wǎn shā lā hěn xīn xiān, wèi dào bú cuò.
This bowl of salad is very fresh and tastes good.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

沙拉 spells the foreign word for salad; the characters only represent sounds and carry no meanings here.

Sound-only characters

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

沙 puts 少 (dots) beside 水 (water), showing sand on a shoreline.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拉 pairs 手 (hand) with 立, a component that supplies the sound.

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