彩照 (cǎi zhào) — color photo

Definition

noun
color photo
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 彩照。
    Zhè zhāng cǎi zhào shì wǒ zuì xǐ huan de.
    This color photo is my favorite.
  • 彩照。
    Tā bǎ suǒ yǒu cǎi zhào dōu fàng jìn xiàng cè lǐ le.
    He put all the color photos into the photo album.
  • 彩照。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou de cǎi zhào yán sè yǐ jīng biàn dàn le.
    The colors in my childhood color photos have already faded.

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.

彩cǎicolor
照zhàophoto

彩 gives the color aspect, and 照 names the photograph.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
采
采cǎi彩cǎi
Same sound today

彩 puts 采, which gives the sound, next to 彡, the three-stroke mark that carries the meaning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
昭
昭zhāo照zhào
Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

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