里带 (lǐ dài) — (colloquial) inner tube (of a tire) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

(colloquial) inner tube (of a tire)

Measure word · 条

Examples

里带，。
Wǒ de zì xíng chē lǐ dài pò le, xū yào huàn yì tiáo xīn de.
My bicycle's inner tube is broken; I need to replace it with a new one.
里带，。
Zhè zhǒng lǐ dài de zhì liàng hěn hǎo, bù róng yì lòu qì.
This kind of inner tube has good quality and doesn't leak air easily.
里带，里带。
Xiū chē shī fu bǎ jiù lǐ dài chōu chū lái, zhuāng le yì tiáo xīn lǐ dài jìn qù.
The repairman pulled out the old inner tube and installed a new one.

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.

里lǐinside

里 (inside) and 带 (band) combine to mean the inner tube of a tire.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

衤里裡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ裡lǐ

Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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