头饰 (tóu shì) — head ornaments, headwear

Definition

noun

head ornamentsheadwear

Measure word · 件

头饰。
Tā dài le yí gè piào liang de tóu shì.
She wore a beautiful head ornament.
头饰。
Zhè jiā diàn mài de tóu shì hěn yǒu mín zú tè sè.
The head ornaments sold in this shop have strong ethnic characteristics.
头饰。
Gǔ dài nǚ zǐ de tóu shì zhǒng lèi fēi cháng duō.
Ancient women's head ornaments came in many varieties.

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.

饰shìornament

头 means head and 饰 means ornament, naming something worn to decorate the head.

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 頭; 头 is its simplified writing.

豆頁頭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

豆

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

The traditional form 頭 shows 頁, meaning head, beside 豆 as a sound component; the simplified 头 is a later shorthand.

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 飾; 饰 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

飤

飤sì飾shì

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

The traditional form 飾 pairs 巾 (cloth) with 飤 as a sound part; the simplified 饰 is a later abbreviation.

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