吊袜带 (diào wà dài) — garters | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

garters

Measure word · 条

Examples

吊袜带。
Tā chuān le yì tiáo hēi sè diào wà dài.
She wore a pair of black garters.
吊袜带。
Zhè zhǒng diào wà dài zài fù gǔ fú zhuāng diàn lǐ hěn cháng jiàn.
This kind of garter is very common in vintage clothing stores.
吊袜带。
Wǒ mǎi le yí fù sī chóu diào wà dài.
I bought a pair of silk garters.

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.

吊袜suspend socks

吊diàosuspend袜wàsock

动宾Verb + object

The suspend socks part describes the strap part, giving a garter.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

末

末mò袜wà

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

袜 combines 衣, related to clothing, with 末, which provides the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

Appears in

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.