薄片 (báo piàn) — thin slice; thin section

Definition

noun
thin slicethin section
Measure word · 片

Examples

  • 薄片。
    Tā bǎ huáng guā qiē chéng hěn báo de báo piàn.
    He cut the cucumber into very thin slices.
  • 薄片。
    Yán shí de báo piàn zài xiǎn wēi jìng xià xiǎn shì chū qīng xī de wén lǐ.
    The thin section of the rock showed clear texture under the microscope.
  • 薄片。
    Zhè zhǒng jīn shǔ báo piàn fēi cháng róng yì wān qū.
    This kind of metal sheet is very easy to bend.

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.

薄báothin
片piànslice

薄 means thin and 片 means slice, giving the idea of a very thin slice.

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
溥
溥pǔ薄báo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

薄 combines 艹, a grass part, with 溥 as the sound part.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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