野餐 (yě cān) — (noun) picnic; (verb) to have a picnic, to go o…

Definition

noun

picnic

verb

to have a picnicto go on a picnic

Measure word · 次

，野餐。
Míng tiān tiān qì hǎo, wǒ men yì qǐ qù yě cān ba.
Let's go on a picnic together tomorrow since the weather is nice.
野餐。
Zhè ge gōng yuán shì yě cān de hǎo dì fāng.
This park is a great place for a picnic.
野餐。
Tā men dài le hěn duō shí wù qù yě cān.
They brought a lot of food to the picnic.

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.

野yěoutdoors

野 points to the outdoors, and 餐 is a meal; together they picture eating outside.

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

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

予

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

野 combines 田 (field) above 土 (earth) to show open country, with 予 giving the sound.

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

𣦼食餐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

食食shíto eat; meal; food

Sound part声符shēngfú

𣦼

𣦼𣦼餐cān

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

餐 combines 食, meaning food or eating, with 𣦼 as the sound part; it originally meant “to swallow.”

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