橡皮糖 (xiàng pí táng) — gummy candy; chewy candy | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Chewy, gel-like fruit candy — its name literally pairs 橡皮 ('eraser') with 糖 ('candy') because of its rubbery texture, not because it contains rubber.

noun

gummy candychewy candy

Measure word · 颗

Examples

橡皮糖。
Xiǎo péng yǒu dōu xǐ huan chī xiàng pí táng.
Little kids all like to eat gummy candy.
橡皮糖。
Zhè zhǒng xiàng pí táng shì shuǐ guǒ wèi de.
This kind of gummy candy has fruit flavor.
橡皮糖。
Bà ba gěi wǒ mǎi le yì bāo xiàng pí táng.
Dad bought me a pack of gummy candy.

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.

橡皮rubber

橡xiàngrubber tree皮pískin

偏正Modifier + head

'橡皮' means rubber and '糖' means candy, so the word denotes a chewy candy like rubber.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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

米唐糖

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

唐

Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

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