吊床 (diào chuáng) — hammock

Definition

noun
hammock
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 吊床
    Xià tiān de shí hou, wǒ xǐ huan zài huā yuán lǐ fàng yí gè diào chuáng.
    In summer, I like to put a hammock in the garden.
  • 吊床
    Tā tǎng zài diào chuáng shàng, yì biān kàn shū yì biān shài tài yáng.
    He lay in the hammock, reading a book and sunbathing.
  • 吊床
    Zhè ge diào chuáng shì yòng shéng zi zuò de, hěn jiē shi.
    This hammock is made of rope, very sturdy.

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.

吊 indicates suspended and 床 indicates bed, together giving a hanging bed or hammock.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.

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