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滑板 (huá bǎn) — skateboard; (technical) slide (of a mechanical part)

Definition

A loanword meaning "skateboard." The technical sense "slide" (of a mechanical part) is rare and only appears in engineering contexts.

noun
skateboard(technical) slide (of a mechanical part)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 滑板。
    Tā xǐ huan zài gōng yuán lǐ wán huá bǎn.
    He likes to skateboard in the park.
  • 滑板，。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí kuài xīn huá bǎn, yán sè hěn kù.
    I bought a new skateboard with a cool color.
  • 滑板，。
    Zhè ge huá bǎn de zhì liàng hěn hǎo, huá qǐ lái hěn wěn.
    The quality of this skateboard is great, and it rides very steady.

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.

滑huásliding
板bǎnboard

滑 means sliding, and 板 means board, giving a board for sliding.

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
骨
骨gǔ滑huá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

滑 pairs 水 (water) with 骨, which gives the sound.

Open 滑 →

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →
Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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