村口 (cūn kǒu) — village entrance

Definition

noun
village entrance
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 村口。
    Wǒ men yuē hǎo zài cūn kǒu jiàn miàn.
    We agreed to meet at the village entrance.
  • 村口。
    cūn kǒu Yǒu yì kē lǎo huái shù.
    There is an old locust tree at the village entrance.
  • 村口。
    Gōng jiāo chē tíng zài cūn kǒu páng biān.
    The bus stops next to the village entrance.

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.

村cūnvillage
口kǒuentrance

The characters '村' village and '口' mouth or entrance combine to mean the entrance of a village.

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
寸
寸cùn村cūn
Same sound today

村 pairs 木 (tree) with 寸 as a sound hint; its origin is unclear.

Open 村 →

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

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

Open 口 →

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