海浪 (hǎi làng) — sea wave; ocean wave | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sea waveocean wave

Measure word · 个

海浪，。
Jīn tiān hǎi làng hěn dà, bú shì hé yóu yǒng.
The waves are big today, not suitable for swimming.
海浪。
Wǒ xǐ huan tīng hǎi làng pāi dǎ hǎi àn de shēng yīn.
I like listening to the sound of waves hitting the shore.
海浪。
Yuǎn chù yǒu jǐ mǐ gāo de hǎi làng.
There are waves several meters high in the distance.

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.

海 gives sea and 浪 gives wave, so the word means a wave of the sea.

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.

氵每海

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

每

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

海 pairs 氵 (water) with 每, which gives the sound. The 氵 side shows it is about water.

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

良

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

浪 pairs 水 (water) with 良, which supplies the sound. The water part points to its meaning of waves.

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