法兰绒 (fǎ lán róng) — flannel (fabric)

Definition

noun
flannel (fabric)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 法兰绒。
    Tā chuān le yí jiàn fǎ lán róng chèn shān.
    He wore a flannel shirt.
  • 法兰绒。
    Zhè zhǒng fǎ lán róng mō qǐ lái hěn ruǎn.
    This kind of flannel feels very soft.
  • 法兰绒。
    Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì tiáo fǎ lán róng wéi jīn.
    I want to buy a flannel scarf.

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.

法兰flannel
法fǎ兰lán
音译Transliteration
绒róngfabric

法兰 spells the loan name, and 绒 shows it is a soft fabric.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

Open 法 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant
Sound part声符shēngfú
闌
闌lán蘭lán
Same sound today

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.

Open 兰 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 绒 →
Appears in
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