毛巾架 (máo jīn jià) — towel rack | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

towel rack

Measure word · 个

Examples

毛巾架。
Wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi le yí gè xīn de máo jīn jià.
I bought a new towel rack online.
毛巾架。
Qǐng bǎ máo jīn guà dào máo jīn jià shàng.
Please hang the towel on the towel rack.
毛巾架，。
Zhè ge máo jīn jià shì yòng bú xiù gāng zuò de, hěn nài yòng.
This towel rack is made of stainless steel, very durable.

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.

毛巾towel

毛máofleece巾jīncloth

偏正Modifier + head

毛巾 means towel, and 架 is a rack, so it names a rack for hanging towels.

Characters in this word

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

毛 is drawn as a feather or hair, with its strokes tracing the shape of the feather or hair.

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

The form 巾 is a picture of a piece of cloth hanging down.

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

加木架

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree, wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

加

加jiā架jià

Same sound today

架 shows 木, meaning wood, with 加 giving the sound; it refers to a wooden prop.

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