赤条条 (chì tiáo tiáo) — stark naked, completely naked (often in literary or descriptive contexts)

Definition

A vivid literary adverbial state meaning 'stark naked, with not a stitch on' — used in descriptive or narrative writing to emphasize complete nakedness, not in neutral everyday speech.

verb
stark nakedcompletely naked (often in literary or descriptive contexts)

Examples

  • ，赤条条。
    Tā tuō guāng yī fu, chì tiáo tiáo dì tiào jìn hé lǐ.
    He took off all his clothes and jumped into the river stark naked.
  • 赤条条。
    Nà ge qǐ gài chì tiáo tiáo dì tǎng zài lù biān.
    That beggar lay stark naked by the roadside.
  • 赤条条，。
    chì tiáo tiáo Dì zhàn zài zhòng rén miàn qián, tā gǎn dào fēi cháng gān gà.
    Standing stark naked in front of the crowd, he felt very embarrassed.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

赤chìbare
条条
条tiáo条tiáo

赤 'bare' with 条条 paints complete nakedness.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

赤 is a stylized form showing 大 (a person) and 火 (fire), depicting a person by a fire.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

Open 条 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

Open 条 →

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