羽绒服 (yǔ róng fú) — down jacket; down-filled garment

Definition

noun

down jacketdown-filled garment

Measure word · 件

羽绒服，。
Zhè jiàn yǔ róng fú yòu qīng yòu nuǎn, hěn shì hé dōng tiān chuān.
This down jacket is both light and warm, very suitable for winter wear.
羽绒服。
Wǒ qù dōng běi lǚ xíng qián mǎi le yí jiàn xīn yǔ róng fú.
I bought a new down jacket before traveling to Northeast China.
羽绒服。
Qīng xǐ yǔ róng fú shí yào zhù yì yòng wēn hé de xǐ dí jì.
When washing a down jacket, be careful to use a mild detergent.

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.

羽绒down and feathers

联合Coordinate

服fúgarment

羽绒 (feathers and down) names the filling of the 服 (garment), giving a down jacket.

Characters in this word

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

羽 comes from a picture of wings or feathers.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠬝

𠬝𠬝服fú

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

In 服, the part 𠬝 was the original picture for 'to subdue'; the added left part 凡, a tray, later changed shape.

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