橡皮艇 (xiàng pí tǐng) — pneumatic boat, rubber dinghy | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pneumatic boatrubber dinghy

Measure word · 艘

Examples

橡皮艇。
Wǒ men zū le yì sōu xiàng pí tǐng qù hú shàng wán.
We rented a rubber dinghy to play on the lake.
橡皮艇。
Jiù shēng yuán yòng xiàng pí tǐng bǎ luò shuǐ zhě jiù le shàng lái.
The lifeguard used a pneumatic boat to rescue the person who fell into the water.
橡皮艇。
Zhè zhǒng xiàng pí tǐng bǐ pǔ tōng mù chuán gèng qīng biàn.
This kind of rubber dinghy is lighter and more portable than ordinary wooden boats.

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

橡xiàngrubber皮pískin

偏正Modifier + head

“橡皮” names the rubber material and “艇” names the boat, so the word is a rubber dinghy.

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.

舟廷艇

Meaning part形符xíngfú

舟舟zhōuboat

Sound part声符shēngfú

廷

廷tíng艇tǐng

Same sound today

艇 pairs 舟, meaning boat, with 廷, which gives the sound.

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