红牌 (hóng pái) — red card (sports) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A red card shown by a referee to send a player off the field. The 黄牌 is only a warning — 红牌 means the player is expelled from the match.

noun

red card (sports)

Measure word · 张

红牌。
Cái pàn gěi le tā yì hóng pái.
The referee gave him a red card.
红牌，。
Rú guǒ qiú yuán bèi fá hóng pái, tā bì xū lì jí lí kāi qiú chǎng.
If a player is shown a red card, he must leave the field immediately.
红牌。
Nà ge fàn guī dòng zuò ràng tā chī dào le hóng pái.
That foul move earned him a red card.

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.

红 names the color and 牌 is the card shown in sports, so together they mean a red card.

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 紅; 红 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

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

The traditional form 紅 puts 糸 (silk) next to 工, which gives the sound; the simplified 红 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

片卑牌

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

卑

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

牌 puts 片, a flat piece, beside 卑, which gives the sound.

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