羊绒衫 (yáng róng shān) — cashmere sweater

Definition

noun
cashmere sweater
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 羊绒衫。
    Zhè jiàn yáng róng shān hěn nuǎn huo.
    This cashmere sweater is very warm.
  • 羊绒衫。
    Tā mǎi le yí jiàn yáng róng shān.
    She bought a cashmere sweater.
  • 羊绒衫。
    yáng róng shān De jià gé bǐ jiào guì.
    The price of cashmere sweaters is relatively expensive.

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.

羊绒cashmere
羊yángsheep绒róngfleece
偏正Modifier + head
衫shānsweater

羊 means sheep, 绒 means soft fleece, and 衫 means sweater; together they describe a cashmere sweater.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 羊 comes from a drawing of a ram's head.

Open 羊 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 绒 →

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
衣衣yī
Sound part声符shēngfú
彡
彡shān衫shān
Same sound today

衫 uses 衣 to show it is a garment and 彡 to give the sound.

Open 衫 →

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