泡泡纱 (pào pào shā) — seersucker | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

seersucker

Measure word · 块

Examples

泡泡纱，。
Zhè jiàn chèn shān shì yòng pào pào shā zuò de, xià tiān chuān hěn liáng kuai.
This shirt is made of seersucker, it's cool to wear in summer.
泡泡纱，。
Wǒ zài bù diàn mǎi le yì xiē pào pào shā, xiǎng zuò yì tiáo qún zi.
I bought some seersucker at the fabric store and want to make a skirt.
泡泡纱。
pào pào shā De miàn liào mō qǐ lái yǒu diǎn āo tū bù píng de gǎn jué.
Seersucker fabric feels a bit bumpy to the touch.

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.

泡泡bubbles

泡pàobubble泡pàobubble

重叠Reduplication

泡 is repeated to suggest bubbles, and 纱 is gauze.

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.

氵包泡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

包

包bāo泡pào

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

泡 combines 氵 (water) and 包, which supplies the sound. It conveys foam.

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

氵包泡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

包

包bāo泡pào

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

泡 combines 氵 (water) and 包, which supplies the sound. It conveys foam.

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 紗; 纱 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìthread

Sound part声符shēngfú

沙

沙shā紗shā

Same sound today

The traditional form 紗 uses 糸 to mark a thread-related meaning and 沙 for the sound. The modern simplified 纱 is a shortened form.

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