鳕鱼 (xuě yú) — cod, codfish | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

codcodfish

Measure word · 条

Examples

鳕鱼。
Wǒ zuó tiān zài chāo shì mǎi le yì tiáo xīn xiān de xuě yú.
I bought a fresh cod at the supermarket yesterday.
鳕鱼。
Mā ma zuò de xuě yú hěn hǎo chī.
Mom's cod is delicious.
鳕鱼。
Zhè jiā cān tīng de xuě yú fēi cháng xīn xiān.
This restaurant's cod is very fresh.

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.

鳕 denotes a codfish and 鱼 means fish; together they name the cod or codfish.

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 鱈; 鳕 is its simplified writing.

魚雪鱈

Meaning part形符xíngfú

魚魚yúfish

Sound part声符shēngfú

雪

雪xuě鱈xuě

Same sound today

The traditional form 鱈 uses 魚 to mark a fish and 雪 to give its sound; the simplified 鳕 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

Appears in

Fish & Aquatic Life

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