浓雾 (nóng wù) — dense fog; heavy mist

Definition

noun
dense fogheavy mist
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 浓雾
    Zǎo shàng wài miàn yǒu nóng wù, kāi chē yào xiǎo xīn.
    There is dense fog outside in the morning; be careful driving.
  • 浓雾
    nóng wù Lǒng zhào le zhěng gè chéng shì.
    Dense fog enveloped the whole city.
  • 浓雾
    Yīn wèi nóng wù, fēi jī bù néng qǐ fēi.
    Because of the dense fog, the plane cannot take off.

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.

“浓” as dense and “雾” as fog form dense mist.

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 濃; 浓 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full asshuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
nóngnóng
Same sound today

The traditional form 濃 has 氵 as water and 農 as the sound part; this is the form described here.

Open 浓 →

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 霧; 雾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
rain
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

In the traditional form 霧, 雨, rain, is on top and 務 below gives the sound; the simplified 雾 is a shorthand.

Open 雾 →
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