沙袋 (shā dài) — (noun) sandbag (for flood control or military d… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sandbag (for flood control or military defense)punching bagtraining bag (for boxing or martial arts)

Measure word · 个

Examples

沙袋。
Gōng rén men bǎ shā dài duī zài hé biān fáng zhǐ hóng shuǐ.
The workers piled sandbags by the river to prevent flooding.
沙袋。
Tā měi tiān duì zhe shā dài liàn xí quán jī.
He practices boxing against the punching bag every day.
沙袋。
Shì bīng men yòng shā dài gòu zhù le lín shí yǎn tǐ.
The soldiers used sandbags to build a temporary shelter.

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.

"沙" gives sand and "袋" names bag, so the word means a bag filled with sand.

Characters in this word

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

水水shuǐwater
少少shǎodots

沙 puts 少 (dots) beside 水 (water), showing sand on a shoreline.

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

代衣袋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

代

代dài袋dài

Same sound today

袋 combines 衣 (clothes) with 代, where 衣 gives the meaning and 代 gives the sound.

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