水泥路 (shuǐ ní lù) — cement road, concrete road | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cement roadconcrete road

Measure word · 条

Examples

水泥路。
Zhè tiáo shuǐ ní lù shì xīn xiū de.
This cement road is newly built.
水泥路。
Cūn lǐ de shuǐ ní lù bǐ tǔ lù hǎo zǒu duō le.
The cement roads in the village are much easier to walk on than dirt roads.
水泥路。
Xià yǔ tiān shuǐ ní lù bú huì tài huá.
On rainy days, cement roads aren't too slippery.

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.

水泥cement

水shuǐwater泥nímud

偏正Modifier + head

水泥 gives cement and 路 gives the road.

Characters in this word

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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

氵尼泥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

尼

尼ní泥nì

Same sound today

The left side is 氵, the water part; the right side is 尼, which gives 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

各

各gè路lù

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

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

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