木桩 (mù zhuāng) — wooden stake; wooden post

Definition

noun
wooden stakewooden post
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 木桩
    Gōng rén men bǎ mù zhuāng dǎ jìn tǔ lǐ.
    The workers drove the wooden stake into the ground.
  • 木桩
    Hé biān chā le yì pái mù zhuāng.
    A row of wooden posts was stuck along the riverbank.
  • 木桩
    Zhè xiē mù zhuāng shì yòng lái gù dìng zhàng peng de.
    These wooden stakes are used to secure the tent.

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.

木 (wood) and 桩 (stake) make a wooden stake.

Characters in this word

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

木 is drawn as a tree, with branches above and roots below.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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