主页 (zhǔ yè) — home page

Definition

主页 is the main landing page of a website. 网页 refers to any single web page.

noun
home page
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 主页
    Qǐng dǎ kāi wǒ men de zhǔ yè.
    Please open our home page.
  • 主页
    Zhè ge zhǔ yè shè jì dé hěn jiǎn jié.
    This home page is designed very simply.
  • 主页
    Nǐ kě yǐ zài zhǔ yè shàng zhǎo dào lián xì fāng shì.
    You can find contact information on the home page.

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.

page

主 contributes 'main' and 页 contributes 'page', forming the main page.

Characters in this word

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

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

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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.

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