泥塘 (ní táng) — mire; bog

Definition

noun
mirebog
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，泥塘。
    Yǔ hòu, zhè piàn cǎo dì biàn chéng le yí gè ní táng.
    After the rain, this meadow turned into a bog.
  • 泥塘，。
    Chē xiàn jìn le ní táng lǐ, hěn nán kāi chū lái.
    The car got stuck in the mire and was hard to drive out.
  • 泥塘。
    Tā xiǎo xīn yì yì rào guò nà ge ní táng.
    He carefully went around the bog.

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.

泥nímud
塘tángpond

Mud and pond together picture a boggy mire in 泥塘.

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
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.

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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
土土tǔdirt
Sound part声符shēngfú
唐
唐táng塘táng
Same sound today

塘 combines 土, meaning dirt, with 唐, which gives the sound.

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