木棒 (mù bàng) — wooden stick, club, bat | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wooden stickclubbat

Measure word · 根

Examples

木棒。
Tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe yì gēn mù bàng.
He is holding a wooden stick in his hand.
木棒。
Tā yòng mù bàng dǎ le yí xià zhuō zi.
He hit the table with the wooden stick.
木棒。
Zhè gēn mù bàng hěn jiē shi.
This wooden stick is very sturdy.

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 means wood and 棒 means stick, so together they describe a stick made of wood.

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.

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

木奉棒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree, wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

奉

奉fèng棒bàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

棒 combines 木 (wood) with 奉, which gives the sound, to write a wooden club.

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