爆炸声 (bào zhà shēng) — sound of explosion, blast, bang | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sound of explosionblastbang

Measure word · 声

Examples

爆炸声。
Yuǎn chù chuán lái yī shēng jù dà de bào zhà shēng.
A huge bang came from the distance.
爆炸声。
bào zhà shēng Bǎ tā men xià le yí tiào.
The blast gave them a fright.
爆炸声。
Tū rán de bào zhà shēng ràng suǒ yǒu rén dōu lèng zhù le.
The sudden explosion made everyone freeze.

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.

爆炸explosion

爆bàoburst炸zhàexplode

联合Coordinate

爆炸 is an explosion, and 声 is sound; together they mean the sound of an explosion.

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.

火暴爆

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

暴

暴bào爆bào

Same sound today

爆 combines 火 (fire) with 暴, which supplies the sound and also originally meant violence.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

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