旅行袋 (lǚ xíng dài) — travel bag; traveling bag

Definition

noun

travel bagtraveling bag

Measure word · 个

旅行袋。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn de lǚ xíng dài.
I bought a new travel bag.
旅行袋。
Zhè ge lǚ xíng dài kě yǐ zhuāng hěn duō dōng xī.
This travel bag can hold a lot of things.
，旅行袋。
Lǚ xíng de shí hou, wǒ bēi zhe yí gè dà lǚ xíng dài.
When traveling, I carry a large travel bag.

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.

旅行travel

联合Side by side

The travel purpose of a bag gives a bag for journeys.

Characters in this word

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

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

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

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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

代衣袋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

代

Same sound today

袋 combines 衣 (clothes) with 代, where 衣 gives the meaning and 代 gives the sound.