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熨斗 (yùn dǒu) — clothes iron, flatiron

Definition

noun
clothes ironflatiron
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 熨斗，。
    Zhè ge yùn dǒu shì xīn de, yòng qǐ lái hěn fāng biàn.
    This iron is new and very convenient to use.
  • 熨斗，。
    Qǐng bǎ yùn dǒu chā shàng diàn yuán, wǒ yào yùn chèn shān.
    Please plug in the iron; I need to iron a shirt.
  • 熨斗。
    Tā yòng yùn dǒu bǎ nà tiáo qún zi yùn dé fēi cháng píng zhěng.
    He used the iron to make that dress very smooth.

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.

熨yùnto iron
斗dòudipper-shaped object

熨 “to iron” and 斗 “dipper-shaped object” combine to name a clothes iron.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 斗 originally showed a ladle-shaped dipper or cup used to measure grain, held in a hand.

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