胡椒粉 (hú jiāo fěn) — ground pepper, pepper powder | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ground pepperpepper powder

Examples

胡椒粉，。
Zuò tāng de shí hou jiā yì diǎn hú jiāo fěn, wèi dào huì gèng hǎo.
Adding a little pepper powder when making soup will make it taste better.
胡椒粉。
Wǒ zài chāo shì mǎi le yì píng hú jiāo fěn.
I bought a bottle of ground pepper at the supermarket.
胡椒粉。
Zhè dào cài xū yào fàng yì xiē hú jiāo fěn cái gòu là.
This dish needs some pepper powder to be spicy enough.

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.

胡椒pepper

胡húforeign椒jiāopepper

偏正Modifier + head

胡椒粉 names 胡椒 ground into 粉, a fine powder.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

古

古gǔ胡hú

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

胡 combines 古, which points to its sound, with ⺼ (肉), meaning meat or flesh.

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.

米分粉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

分fēn粉fěn

Same sound today

粉 pairs 米 (rice) with 分 for its sound. The rice part points to face powder made from rice.

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