领巾 (lǐng jīn) — neckerchief, neckcloth | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

neckerchiefneckcloth

Measure word · 条

Examples

领巾。
Tā jīn tiān dài le yì tiáo hóng sè de lǐng jīn.
She is wearing a red neckerchief today.
领巾。
Zhè tiáo lǐng jīn shì mā ma sòng gěi wǒ de shēng rì lǐ wù.
This neckerchief is a birthday gift from my mom.
领巾。
Zhè tiáo lǐng jīn de yán sè hěn pèi nǐ de yī fu.
The color of this neckerchief matches your clothes well.

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.

领 names the neck and 巾 names a cloth, so the meaning is a cloth worn around the neck.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

令頁領

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng領lǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

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

The form 巾 is a picture of a piece of cloth hanging down.

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