铁栅栏 (tiě zhà lan) — iron railing, iron fence

Definition

noun
iron railingiron fence
Measure word · 道

Examples

  • 铁栅栏。
    Lù liǎng biān dōu yǒu tiě zhà lan.
    There are iron railings on both sides of the road.
  • 铁栅栏。
    Gōng rén zhèng zài gěi xiǎo qū ān zhuāng tiě zhà lan.
    Workers are installing iron railings in the neighborhood.
  • 铁栅栏，。
    Zhè zuò tiě zhà lan tài gāo le, wǒ pá bú guò qù.
    This iron fence is too tall; I can't climb over it.

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.

铁tiěiron
栅栏fence
栅shānfence栏lánrailing
联合Side by side

铁 means iron, while 栅 and 栏 refer to fence or railing, giving an iron fence.

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 鐵; 铁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢧤
𢧤𢧤鐵tiě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鐵 pairs 金 (metal) with 𢧤 as a sound part; the simplified 铁 is a later shorthand.

Open 铁 →

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 柵; 栅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
冊
冊cè柵zhà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 柵, 木 is wood, and 冊, a bound set of wooden strips, gives the sound; 栅 is the later simplified form.

Open 栅 →

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.

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.

Open 栏 →

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