强风 (qiáng fēng) — strong wind; gale

Definition

noun
strong windgale
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 强风
    Jīn tiān qiáng fēng hěn dà, chū mén yào zhù yì ān quán.
    The wind is very strong today; be careful when going out.
  • 强风
    Tái fēng dài lái le chí xù de qiáng fēng hé bào yǔ.
    The typhoon brought sustained strong winds and heavy rain.
  • 强风
    qiáng fēng Bǎ lù biān de shù dōu chuī dǎo le.
    The strong wind blew down all the trees along the road.

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.

强 means strong and 风 means wind; together they name a strong wind.

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 強; 强 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 強 pairs an insect component with a sound component; this explains 強, not the simplified 强.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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