纸盒 (zhǐ hé) — cardboard box, carton | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cardboard boxcarton

Measure word · 个

Examples

纸盒。
Qǐng bǎ zhè ge zhǐ hé fàng zài mén kǒu.
Please put this cardboard box at the door.
纸盒。
Zhè zhǒng zhǐ hé kě yǐ huí shōu zài lì yòng.
This type of carton can be recycled and reused.
纸盒。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè dà zhǐ hé zhuāng dōng xī.
I bought a big cardboard box to hold things.

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.

纸 specifies the material and 盒 the container, making a paper box.

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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