门帘 (mén lián) — door curtain; door screen | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

door curtaindoor screen

Measure word · 块

Examples

门帘。
Dōng tiān guà shàng hòu mén lián kě yǐ bǎo nuǎn.
Hanging a thick door curtain in winter can keep the warmth inside.
门帘。
Tā xiān kāi mén lián zǒu jìn kè tīng.
She lifted the door curtain and walked into the living room.
门帘。
Zhè jiā diàn mén kǒu guà zhe yí chuàn zhū mén lián.
This shop has a string of beaded door curtains hanging at the entrance.

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.

帘liáncurtain

门 is the doorway and 帘 is a hanging curtain, so it is the curtain for a door.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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 簾; 帘 is its simplified writing.

竹廉簾

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

廉

廉lián簾lián

Same sound today

The traditional form 簾 pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 廉 for its sound; the simplified 帘 is a later abbreviation.

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