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路旁 (lù páng) — roadside; side of the road

Definition

noun
roadsideside of the road

Examples

  • 路旁。
    Chē tíng zài lù páng.
    The car is parked at the roadside.
  • 路旁。
    lù páng Yǒu hěn duō huā.
    There are many flowers by the roadside.
  • 路旁。
    Tā zhàn zài lù páng děng rén.
    He stood by the roadside waiting for someone.

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.

路lùroad
旁pángside

A road plus its side gives the sense of a roadside.

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
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
同同tóng
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng旁páng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 旁, 方 is the lower part and gives the sound. The upper part is unclear and may have been part of the meaning.

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