摔交 (shuāi jiāo) — to wrestle; to fall (by slipping or tripping)

Definition

摔交 (shuāi jiāo) is an older or colloquial spelling of 摔跤, meaning either to wrestle or to slip and fall.

verb

to wrestleto fall (by slipping or tripping)

摔交。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xǐ huan shuāi jiāo.
He has liked wrestling since he was young.
，摔交。
Zǒu lù xiǎo xīn diǎn, bié shuāi jiāo le.
Walk carefully, don't fall.
。
Wǒ bù xiǎo xīn shuāi le yì jiāo.
I accidentally fell down.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

摔shuāithrow down

交jiāofall or trip

摔 means throw down and 交 supplies the sense of a fall or trip, so together it means to wrestle or fall.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

率

率lǜ摔shuāi

Same sound today

In 摔, the 手 part points to a hand action, and the 率 part supplies the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

交 originally drew a human with crossed legs. In the modern shape, the upper part resembles a standing person.

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