风镜 (fēng jìng) — goggles | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

goggles

Measure word · 副

Examples

风镜。
Huá xuě de shí hou yí dìng yào dài fēng jìng.
You must wear goggles when skiing.
风镜，。
Tā mǎi le yí fù xīn de fēng jìng, zhǔn bèi qù yóu yǒng.
He bought a new pair of goggles and is going swimming.
风镜。
Shí yàn shí bì xū dài fēng jìng bǎo hù yǎn jing.
You must wear goggles to protect your eyes during experiments.

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.

风镜 is 风 wind plus 镜 lens, a lens that shields the eyes from wind.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鏡; 镜 is its simplified writing.

金竟鏡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

金金jīnmetal

Sound part声符shēngfú

竟

竟jìng鏡jìng

Same sound today

The traditional form 鏡 puts 金, metal, next to 竟 to give the sound. The simplified 镜 is a later shorthand.

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