挡泥板 (dǎng ní bǎn) — mudguard; fender | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mudguardfender

Measure word · 块

Examples

挡泥板，。
Wǒ de zì xíng chē dǎng ní bǎn huài le, xià yǔ tiān qí chē huì jiàn yì shēn ní.
My bicycle's mudguard is broken; riding in the rain will splash mud all over me.
挡泥板。
Zhè liàng qì chē de dǎng ní bǎn shè jì dé hěn liú xiàn xíng.
This car's fender is designed very streamlined.
挡泥板，。
Mó tuō chē méi yǒu dǎng ní bǎn, yǔ tiān qí xíng hěn bù fāng biàn.
A motorcycle without a mudguard is very inconvenient to ride in the rain.

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.

挡泥block mud

挡dǎngblock泥nímud

动宾Verb + object

'挡泥' (blocks mud) plus '板' (panel) names a mudguard.

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 擋; 挡 is its simplified writing.

扌當擋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

當

當dāng擋dǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 擋 pairs 扌 (hand) with 當 as the sound part; this note is about 擋, not about the parts of 挡.

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

氵尼泥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

尼

尼ní泥nì

Same sound today

The left side is 氵, the water part; the right side is 尼, which gives the sound.

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

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn板bǎn

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

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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