体恤衫 (tǐ xù shān) — T-shirt | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

T-shirt

Measure word · 件

Examples

体恤衫。
Wǒ mǎi le yí jiàn tǐ xù shān.
I bought a T-shirt.
体恤衫。
Tā xǐ huan chuān bái sè tǐ xù shān.
He likes to wear white T-shirts.
体恤衫。
Zhè jiàn tǐ xù shān shì péng you sòng gěi wǒ de.
This T-shirt was given to me by a friend.

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.

体恤T-shirt

体恤 and 衫 together name a T-shirt, and 衫 means shirt.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

骨豊體

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ體tǐ

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

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

忄血恤

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

血

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

恤 has 忄, the heart, on the left, and 血 on the right, which gives the sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

彡

彡shān衫shān

Same sound today

衫 uses 衣 to show it is a garment and 彡 to give the sound.

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