雪茄 (xuě jiā) — cigar | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cigar

Measure word · 支

雪茄。
Tā xǐ huan zài fàn hòu chōu yì zhī xuě jiā.
He likes to smoke a cigar after meals.
雪茄。
Zhè jiā diàn chū shòu gè zhǒng jìn kǒu xuě jiā.
This shop sells all kinds of imported cigars.
雪茄。
xuě jiā De wèi dào bǐ xiāng yān gèng nóng liè.
Cigars have a stronger flavor than cigarettes.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 雪 and 茄 carry no meaning of their own here; the word spells the foreign name for a cigar.

Sound-only characters

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

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

彗

彗huì雪xuě

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

雪 pairs 雨, showing rain, with 彗, giving the sound.

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

艹加茄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

加

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

In 茄, the top 艹 marks a plant, and the lower 加 gives the sound.

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