画布 (huà bù) — canvas (for painting) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

canvas (for painting)

Measure word · 块

画布。
Tā zài zhè kuài huà bù shàng huà le yì fú shān shuǐ huà.
He painted a landscape on this canvas.
画布。
Shù zì huà bù ràng yì shù jiā bù xū yào zhǔn bèi chuán tǒng cái liào.
Digital canvas allows artists to skip preparing traditional materials.
画布，。
Rén shēng jiù xiàng yì zhāng huà bù, nǐ kě yǐ zì yóu miáo huì.
Life is like a canvas — you can paint it freely.

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.

画huàpainting

The “画” of painting and the “布” of cloth combine to name the fabric used for painting.

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 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

聿聿yùbrush

Sound part声符shēngfú

規

規guī畫huà

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

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

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

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

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