页面 (yè miàn) — page (of a book, magazine, website, etc.)

Definition

noun

page (of a book, magazine, website, etc.)

Measure word · 页

页面。
Zhè běn shū yǒu yì qiān gè yè miàn.
This book has one thousand pages.
页面，。
Liú lǎn yí gè yè miàn shí, nǐ kě yǐ diǎn jī liàn jiē.
When browsing a page, you can click on a link.
页面。
Zhè ge yè miàn de pái bǎn shè jì hěn yǒu chuàng yì.
The layout design of this page is very creative.

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.

页yèleaf/page

页 gives the idea of a leaf or page, 面 means surface, so together they name a page or page layout.

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 頁; 页 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 頁 drew a head and body of a kneeling person; later 頁 was used to write page. This explanation is about 頁, not the simplified 页.

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.

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