薄脆 (báo cuì) — thin crispy fried dough fritter (a type of Chinese snack)

Definition

noun
thin crispy fried dough fritter (a type of Chinese snack)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 薄脆。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí kuài báo cuì.
    I bought a piece of baocui.
  • 薄脆，。
    Zhè zhǒng báo cuì yòu cuì yòu xiāng, hěn hǎo chī.
    This kind of baocui is both crispy and fragrant, and it's delicious.
  • 薄脆。
    Tā bǎ báo cuì fàng zài tāng lǐ yì qǐ chī.
    She puts the baocui in the soup and eats it together.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

薄báothin
脆cuìcrispy

薄 gives the idea of thinness, and 脆 gives crispness, describing the snack.

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.

Open 薄 →

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

The left part ⺼, written as 肉, points to meat, and the right part 絕 gives the sound.

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