河曲 (Hé qǔ) — river bend, meander | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

river bendmeander

Measure word · 条

Examples

河曲。
Zhè tiáo hé de Hé qǔ fēi cháng měi lì.
The river bend of this river is very beautiful.
河曲。
Wǒ men yán zhe Hé qǔ zǒu le yí gè xiǎo shí.
We walked along the river bend for an hour.
河曲。
Zhè ge Hé qǔ shì diào yú de hǎo dì fāng.
This river bend is a good place for fishing.

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.

河 names the river and 曲 gives bend, together river bend.

Characters in this word

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

何

何hé河hé

Same sound today

河 pairs 水 (water) with 何, which gives the sound. The 水 part marks it as a word for a river.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

曲 is drawn as a bent object, matching the meaning 'bend'.

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