提箱 (tí xiāng) — suitcase | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

suitcase

Measure word · 个

Examples

提箱。
Wǒ de tí xiāng hěn zhòng.
My suitcase is very heavy.
提箱？
Nǐ dài le jǐ gè tí xiāng?
How many suitcases did you bring?
提箱，。
Zhè ge tí xiāng hěn dà, néng zhuāng hěn duō dōng xī.
This suitcase is very big and can hold a lot of things.

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.

提箱 names a box for carrying: 提 supplies 'carry' and 箱 supplies 'box'.

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.

扌是提

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

是

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

提 shows 扌 (hand) beside 是, which gives the pronunciation.

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

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

相xiāng箱xiāng

Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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