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双脚 (shuāng jiǎo) — both feet

Definition

noun
both feet
Measure word · 双

Examples

  • ，双脚。
    Tā zhàn qǐ lái de shí hou, shuāng jiǎo yǒu diǎn má.
    When he stood up, his feet were a bit numb.
  • ，双脚。
    Pǎo wán bù yǐ hòu, wǒ de shuāng jiǎo hěn téng.
    After running, my feet hurt a lot.
  • 双脚，。
    Tā yòng rè shuǐ pào le pào shuāng jiǎo, gǎn jué hěn shū fu.
    She soaked her feet in hot water and felt very comfortable.

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.

双shuāngpair
脚jiǎofoot

The 双 pair of 脚 feet means both feet.

Characters in this word

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

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

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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 腳; 脚 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat, body
Sound part声符shēngfú
卻
卻què腳jiǎo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 腳 uses ⺼ for a body part and 卻 for the sound; the simplified 脚 is a later shorthand.

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