风速 (fēng sù) — wind speed, wind velocity | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wind speedwind velocity

Examples

风速，。
Jīn tiān de fēng sù hěn dà, bú shì hé wài chū.
Today's wind speed is very high, not suitable for going out.
风速。
Qì xiàng tái yù bào míng tiān de fēng sù jiāng dá dào měi xiǎo shí bā shí gōng lǐ.
The weather station forecasts that tomorrow's wind velocity will reach 80 kilometers per hour.
风速。
Yùn dòng yuán xū yào shì yìng bù tóng de fēng sù cái néng qǔ dé hǎo chéng jì.
Athletes need to adapt to different wind speeds in order to achieve good results.

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.

The speed 速 of wind 风 gives the sense of wind velocity.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

辵辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

束

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

速 pairs 辵, the walking part, with 束, which is used for its sound; the walking part fits the meaning of moving fast.

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