号手 (hào shǒu) — trumpeter; bugler

Definition

noun
trumpeterbugler

Examples

  • 号手。
    Nà wèi hào shǒu zài jūn duì lǐ yǐ jīng fú wù le èr shí nián.
    That trumpeter has been serving in the army for twenty years.
  • 号手。
    Qīng chén de hào shēng cóng hào shǒu de hào jiǎo zhōng chuán chū.
    The morning bugle call came from the bugler's horn.
  • 。
    Jié rì de yóu xíng duì wu zhōng yǒu jǐ míng hào shǒu zǒu zài zuì qián miàn.
    In the holiday parade, several trumpeters marched at the very front.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

手shǒuperson

号 means horn and 手 means a person, so together they mean a trumpeter.

Characters in this word

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

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

Open 号 →

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

Open 手 →

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