肉松 (ròu sōng) — dried meat flakes

Definition

noun
dried meat flakes
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 肉松。
    Wǒ xǐ huan chī miàn bāo de shí hou jiā yì xiē ròu sōng.
    I like to add some dried meat flakes when eating bread.
  • 肉松,。
    Zhè zhǒng ròu sōng de wèi dào hěn xiāng, xiǎo péng yǒu dōu hěn xǐ huan chī.
    This kind of dried meat flakes smells very fragrant, and children all love to eat it.
  • 肉松,。
    Mā ma zài chāo shì mǎi le yì bāo ròu sōng, zhǔn bèi zuò miàn bāo shí fàng yì xiē.
    Mom bought a pack of dried meat flakes at the supermarket and plans to put some in when she makes bread.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

松sōngfluffy

肉 is 松 here, giving dried meat its fluffy, loose texture.

Characters in this word

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

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

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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
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
公
公gōng松sōng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

松 uses 木 (wood) to show it is a tree, and 公 to give the sound.

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