电吹风 (diàn chuī fēng) — hair dryer | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hair dryer

Measure word · 个

电吹风。
Wǒ gāng mǎi le yí gè xīn de diàn chuī fēng.
I just bought a new hair dryer.
电吹风。
Xǐ wán tóu fa yǐ hòu yòng diàn chuī fēng chuī gān.
After washing your hair, use a hair dryer to blow it dry.
电吹风。
Zhè ge diàn chuī fēng de gōng lǜ hěn dà.
This hair dryer has very high power.

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.

吹风blow wind

动宾Verb + object

电 marks electric power and 吹风 means blow wind, naming a device that blows air to dry hair.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

申

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

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

口欠吹

吹 pairs 口 (mouth) with 欠 (blow), giving the picture of air being blown from the mouth.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.