树莓 (shù méi) — raspberry | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

raspberry

Measure word · 颗

Examples

树莓。
Wǒ mǎi le yì hé shù méi.
I bought a box of raspberries.
树莓，。
shù méi Hěn tián, wǒ xǐ huan chī.
Raspberries are very sweet; I like to eat them.
树莓。
Zhè zhǒng shù méi shì zài shān shàng zhǎo dào de.
This kind of raspberry was found on the mountain.

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.

“树” points to the woody plant and “莓” points to the berry, so the word denotes a berry on a bush.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樹; 树 is its simplified writing.

木尌樹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

尌

尌shù樹shù

Same sound today

Originally 尌, 'to plant a tree', was written alone; the traditional form 樹 adds 木, 'tree', to it to differentiate.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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