面罩 (miàn zhào) — face mask; visor; face shield | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

face maskvisorface shield

Measure word · 个

Examples

面罩。
Tā dài shàng le miàn zhào lái bǎo hù zì jǐ.
He put on a face mask to protect himself.
。
Hàn jiē shí yào dài shàng miàn zhào.
Wear a face shield when welding.
面罩。
Yùn dòng yuán de miàn zhào bèi duì shǒu dǎ diào le.
The athlete's visor was knocked off by the opponent.

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.

'面' face + '罩' cover gives a cover for the face.

Characters in this word

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

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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

罒卓罩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

罒Written in full as网wǎng

Sound part声符shēngfú

卓

卓zhuó罩zhào

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

罩 combines 罒, a form of 网 “net”, with 卓, which gives the sound.

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