壮汉 (zhuàng hàn) — strong man; burly man

Definition

noun
strong manburly man
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 壮汉,。
    Nà ge zhuàng hàn lì qi hěn dà, yí gè rén bān qǐ le bīng xiāng.
    That burly man is very strong—he lifted the refrigerator by himself.
  • 壮汉,。
    Tā zhǎng chéng le yí gè zhuàng hàn, shēn tǐ fēi cháng jiē shi.
    He grew into a strong man with a very sturdy body.
  • 壮汉。
    Yì qún zhuàng hàn tái zhe shí tou zǒu guò lái le.
    A group of burly men came over carrying a stone.

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.

壮 means strong and 汉 means man; together they name a burly man.

Characters in this word

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 壯; 壮 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán壯zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 壯 uses 士 to hint at the meaning and 爿 for the sound; the simplified 壮 is a later abbreviation.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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