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篷 (péng) — awning, covering (on a car, boat, etc.); sail (of a boat)

Definition

篷 (péng) refers to a cloth covering or canopy — like an awning on a boat/car or the sail of a boat. It is the object itself, not the action of covering (that's 遮).

noun
awningcovering (on a car, boat, etc.)sail (of a boat)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 篷。
    Chuán shàng de péng bèi fēng chuī huài le.
    The awning on the boat was damaged by the wind.
  • 篷。
    Zhè liàng jí pǔ chē zhuāng le yí gè kě zhé dié de péng.
    This jeep has a foldable awning.
  • 篷
    Lǎo yú fū zhèng zài xiū lǐ chuán shàng de péng
    The old fisherman is repairing the awning on the boat.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
逢
逢féng篷péng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

篷 pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 逢. The 竹 part connects the meaning to bamboo, and 逢 gives the sound.

Appears in
Vehicles

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