桑拿浴 (sāng ná yù) — sauna (bath)

Definition

noun
sauna (bath)
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 桑拿浴。
    Wǒ měi zhōu dōu qù xǐ yí cì sāng ná yù.
    I go to take a sauna once a week.
  • 桑拿浴。
    Zhè jiā jiǔ diàn de sāng ná yù shì fēi cháng shū shì.
    The sauna room in this hotel is very comfortable.
  • 桑拿浴。
    Yùn dòng hòu pào sāng ná yù yǒu zhù yú fàng sōng jī ròu.
    Taking a sauna after exercise helps relax muscles.

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.

桑拿sauna
桑sāng拿ná
音译Transliteration
浴yùbath

桑拿 spells sauna and 浴 means bath, so it is a sauna bath.

Characters in this word

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

桑 is a picture of a mulberry tree, with its upper part drawn as the tree's foliage.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 拿 pairs 合 with 手, and it is a later alternative form for taking with the hand.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
谷
谷gǔ浴yù
Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

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