浴巾 (yù jīn) — bath towel

Definition

noun
bath towel
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 浴巾
    Xǐ wán zǎo hòu, wǒ yòng yù jīn cā shēn tǐ.
    After showering, I use a bath towel to dry my body.
  • 浴巾
    Zhè tiáo yù jīn hěn ruǎn, yòng qǐ lái hěn shū fu.
    This bath towel is very soft and comfortable to use.
  • 浴巾
    Qǐng bǎ yù jīn guà zài wài miàn shài gān.
    Please hang the bath towel outside to dry in the sun.

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.

bath
jīntowel

Bath plus towel gives a cloth used for bathing.

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
Written in full asshuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

Open 浴 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 巾 is a picture of a piece of cloth hanging down.

Open 巾 →

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