凉鞋 (liáng xié) — sandals | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sandals

Measure word · 双

，凉鞋。
Xià tiān dào le, wǒ mǎi le yì shuāng xīn liáng xié.
Summer has arrived, and I bought a new pair of sandals.
凉鞋，。
Zhè shuāng liáng xié hěn shū fu, shì hé zǒu lù.
These sandals are very comfortable and suitable for walking.
凉鞋。
Tā chuān zhuó liáng xié qù hǎi biān wán.
He wore sandals to go play at the beach.

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.

凉 gives cool, 鞋 gives shoe, forming a cool shoe.

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 涼; 凉 is its simplified writing.

氵京涼

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

京

京jīng涼liáng

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

The traditional form 涼 combines 氵 (water) with 京, which gives the sound; the simplified 凉 is a later abbreviation.

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

革圭鞋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

革革géleather

Sound part声符shēngfú

圭

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

鞋 puts 革 (leather) beside 圭 to show leather shoes; 圭 gives the sound and originally drew a pair of ritual axes, not earth.

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