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铃儿 (líng ér) — bell

Definition

noun
bell
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 铃儿。
    Zì xíng chē de líng ér xiǎng le.
    The bicycle bell rang.
  • 铃儿，。
    Mén shàng de líng ér yì xiǎng, tā jiù zhī dào yǒu rén lái le.
    As soon as the doorbell rang, he knew someone had come.
  • 铃儿。
    Tā shǒu wàn shàng de líng ér fā chū qīng cuì de shēng yīn.
    The bell on her wrist made a crisp sound.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

铃língbell
儿érerhua

铃 names a bell, and the erhua 儿 gives the familiar spoken form.

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 鈴; 铃 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng鈴líng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鈴 pairs 金 (metal) with 令 as a sound part; the simplified 铃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 铃 →

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

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Open 儿 →
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