圣代 (shèng dài) — (ice cream) sundae | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

(ice cream) sundae

Measure word · 份

圣代。
Wǒ yào yì bēi cǎo méi shèng dài.
I'd like a strawberry sundae.
圣代。
Zhè jiā diàn de shèng dài zuò dé hěn hǎo chī.
The sundaes at this shop are delicious.
圣代。
Xià tiān wǒ zuì xǐ huan chī shèng dài.
In summer, I like eating sundaes the most.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 圣 and 代 do not carry independent meanings here; together they spell the loan “sundae.”

Sound-only characters

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 聖; 圣 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 聖 puts 耳 (ear) beside 呈, which gives the sound; the simplified 圣 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical parts.

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

亻弋代

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

弋

弋yì代dài

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

In 代, 亻 shows a person, and 弋 gives the sound.