鞋帽 (xié mào) — shoes and hats; footwear and headwear

Definition

noun
shoes and hatsfootwear and headwear

Examples

  • 鞋帽。
    Zhè jiā diàn mài gè zhǒng xié mào.
    This store sells all kinds of shoes and hats.
  • 鞋帽。
    xié mào Qū de shāng pǐn hěn fēng fù.
    The goods in the footwear and headwear section are very abundant.
  • 鞋帽。
    Tā mǎi le yì xiē xié mào zuò wéi lǐ wù.
    He bought some shoes and hats as gifts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

鞋xiéshoes
帽màohats

鞋帽 joins 鞋 (shoes) and 帽 (hats) to refer to footwear and headwear.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
革革géleather
Sound part声符shēngfú
圭
圭guī鞋
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

鞋 puts 革 (leather) beside 圭 to show leather shoes; 圭 gives the sound and originally drew a pair of ritual axes, not earth.

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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
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
冒
冒mào帽mào
Same sound today

帽 uses 巾 (cloth) for the meaning and 冒 for the sound. The earlier form 冃 was later written with 目 and 巾 added.

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