校服 (xiào fú) — school uniform | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

school uniform

Measure word · 件

校服。
Wǒ men xué xiào yāo qiú měi tiān chuān xiào fú.
Our school requires wearing uniform every day.
校服，。
Zhè jiàn xiào fú shì xīn de, wǒ hái méi chuān guò.
This uniform is new; I haven't worn it yet.
校服。
Xué shēng men dōu chuān zhuó zhěng qí de xiào fú cān jiā diǎn lǐ.
The students all wore neat uniforms to attend the ceremony.

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.

服fúclothing

校 means school and 服 means clothing; together they name the clothing worn by students.

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.

木交校

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

交

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠬝

𠬝𠬝服fú

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

In 服, the part 𠬝 was the original picture for 'to subdue'; the added left part 凡, a tray, later changed shape.

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