复印纸 (fù yìn zhǐ) — photocopy paper; copy paper | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

photocopy papercopy paper

Measure word · 张

Examples

复印纸。
Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yì bāo fù yìn zhǐ.
Please help me buy a pack of copy paper.
A4复印纸。
Zhè tái dǎ yìn jī zhǐ néng yòng A4 fù yìn zhǐ.
This printer can only use A4 copy paper.
复印纸，。
Bàn gōng shì de fù yìn zhǐ bú gòu le, yào zài mǎi yì xiē.
The office copy paper is not enough; we need to buy more.

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.

复印reprint

复fùagain印yìnprint

偏正Modifier + head

复印 reprinting and 纸 paper combine for paper used for copying.

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

彳复復

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chìwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

复

复fù復fù

Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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

爪爪zhuǎhand
卩卩jiékneeling person

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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