内侧 (nèi cè) — inside, inner side | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

insideinner side

内侧。
Qǐng bǎ xíng li fàng zài nèi cè.
Please put the luggage on the inside.
内侧。
Zhè tiáo lù de nèi cè shì zì xíng chē dào.
The inside of this road is a bike lane.
内侧。
Yī fu de nèi cè yǒu yí gè xiǎo kǒu dài.
There is a small pocket on the inside of the clothes.

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.

内侧 puts 内 'inner' before 侧 'side' to name the side that is inside.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape shows 入 entering into 冂, a house, so it pictures bringing something indoors, giving the sense inside.

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 側; 侧 is its simplified writing.

亻則側

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

則

則zé側cè

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

The traditional form 側 has 亻, a person, and uses 則 to show its sound. The simplified 侧 is a later shorthand.

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