跨栏 (kuà lán) — hurdles (track and field event) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hurdles (track and field event)

Measure word · 项

Examples

跨栏，。
Tā měi tiān xùn liàn kuà lán, yǐ jīng jiān chí le sān nián.
He trains in hurdles every day and has kept it up for three years.
跨栏。
Tā zài nǚ zǐ yì bǎi mǐ kuà lán bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le jīn pái.
She won a gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles.
跨栏。
kuà lán Shì yí xiàng duì jì shù hé sù dù yāo qiú dōu hěn gāo de yùn dòng.
Hurdles is a sport that demands both technique and speed.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

跨kuàstraddle

The term names the event by combining 跨, to straddle, with 栏, the hurdles or rails.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

夸

夸kuā跨kuà

Same sound today

The left part 足, a foot, points to stepping or striding, while the right part 夸 gives the sound.

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 欄; 栏 is its simplified writing.

木闌欄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

闌

闌lán欄lán

Same sound today

In the traditional form 欄, 木 (wood) shows the meaning and 闌 supplies the sound; the simplified 栏 is a later shorthand.

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