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皮带 (pí dài) — leather belt; drive belt (mechanical)

Definition

Literally 'leather belt' but in modern Chinese it means any belt (leather or not), worn on clothing. The mechanical sense ('drive belt') is rare at this level.

noun
leather beltdrive belt (mechanical)
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 皮带。
    Tā měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu xì pí dài.
    He wears a belt every morning.
  • 皮带。
    Wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi le yì tiáo pí dài.
    I bought a belt online.
  • 皮带。
    Zhè tái jī qì de pí dài xū yào huàn le.
    This machine's drive belt needs to be replaced.

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.

皮píleather
带dàibelt

“皮” means leather and “带” means belt, so it names a belt made of leather.

Characters in this word

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

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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