帽舌 (mào shé) — visor (of a cap); brim | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

visor (of a cap)brim

Measure word · 个

Examples

帽舌，。
Zhè dǐng mào zi de mào shé hěn kuān, kě yǐ zhē yáng.
The visor of this hat is very wide and can block the sun.
帽舌，。
Tā bǎ mào shé wǎng xià yā le yā, dǎng zhù le yáng guāng.
He pressed the visor down a bit, blocking the sunlight.
帽舌，。
Zhè zhǒng mào zi de mào shé shì yìng zhì de, bù róng yì biàn xíng.
The visor of this kind of hat is made of hard material and is not easily deformed.

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.

帽 means cap and 舌 means tongue, picturing the tongue-like brim of a cap.

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.

巾冒帽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

冒

冒mào帽mào

Same sound today

帽 uses 巾 (cloth) for the meaning and 冒 for the sound. The earlier form 冃 was later written with 目 and 巾 added.

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

舌 was drawn as a snake's forked tongue rising from an open mouth.

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