浴帽 (yù mào) — shower cap; bathing cap

Definition

noun
shower capbathing cap
Measure word · 顶

Examples

  • 浴帽,。
    Xǐ tóu de shí hou dài shàng yù mào, tóu fa jiù bú huì shī le.
    Put on a shower cap when washing your hair, and your hair won't get wet.
  • 浴帽。
    Jiǔ diàn fáng jiān lǐ tí gōng yí cì xìng yù mào hé tuō xié.
    The hotel room provides disposable shower caps and slippers.
  • 浴帽,。
    Zhè zhǒng yù mào shì fáng shuǐ de, kě yǐ fǎn fù shǐ yòng.
    This kind of shower cap is waterproof and can be reused.

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.

浴yùbathing

浴 means bathing and 帽 means cap, together naming a cap worn while bathing.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
谷
谷gǔ浴yù
Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

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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
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
冒
冒mào帽mào
Same sound today

帽 uses 巾 (cloth) for the meaning and 冒 for the sound. The earlier form 冃 was later written with 目 and 巾 added.

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