拳套 (quán tào) — boxing gloves / martial arts gloves

Definition

Padded gloves worn on the hands for boxing or martial arts training and competition. Measured with 副 fù.

noun

boxing gloves / martial arts gloves

Measure word · 副

拳套。
Tā dài shàng le yí fù xīn quán tào.
He put on a new pair of boxing gloves.
拳套。
quán tào Shì quán jī shǒu xùn liàn shí de bì bèi zhuāng bèi.
Boxing gloves are essential gear for boxers during training.
拳套。
Tā bǎ quán tào fàng zài jiàn shēn fáng guì zi lǐ.
He put the boxing gloves in the gym locker.

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.

拳quánfist techniques

拳 points to fist techniques, and 套 to a set, giving a routine of martial arts movements.

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.

龹手拳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

龹

龹龹拳quán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拳 pairs 手 (hand) with 龹 for sound. The hand part shows that the meaning is a form of hand, such as a fist.

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

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

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