绳梯 (shéng tī) — rope ladder | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rope ladder

Measure word · 把

Examples

绳梯。
Xiāo fáng yuán yòng shéng tī cóng lóu shàng pá le xià lái.
The firefighter climbed down from the building using a rope ladder.
绳梯，。
Chuán shàng de shéng tī yǐ jīng jiù le, xū yào huàn yì tiáo xīn de.
The rope ladder on the ship is old and needs a new one.
绳梯，。
Hái zi men zài cāo chǎng shàng wán shéng tī, fēi cháng kāi xīn.
The children played on the rope ladder on the playground, very happy.

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.

梯tīladder

绳 is rope and 梯 is ladder, so a ladder made of rope.

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 繩; 绳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

黽

黽mǐn繩shéng

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

The traditional form 繩 is built from 糸, the rope/string part, and 黽, the sound part.

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

木弟梯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood, tree

Sound part声符shēngfú

弟

弟dì梯tī

Same sound today

梯 puts 木 (wood/tree) beside 弟, which gives the sound, to write a wooden ladder.

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