滑冰鞋 (huá bīng xié) — ice skates

Definition

noun
ice skates
Measure word · 双

Examples

  • 滑冰鞋。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì shuāng xīn de huá bīng xié.
    I bought a new pair of ice skates.
  • 滑冰鞋。
    Tā chuān zhuó huá bīng xié zài bīng shàng huá dé hěn wěn.
    He skated very steadily on the ice while wearing ice skates.
  • 滑冰鞋。
    Zhè shuāng huá bīng xié de dāo rèn xū yào mó yi mó le.
    The blades of these ice skates need sharpening.

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.

滑冰ice skate
滑huáslide冰bīngice
动宾Verb + object
鞋xiéshoe

滑冰 means sliding on ice, and 鞋 is a shoe, naming footwear for ice skating.

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
骨
骨gǔ滑huá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

滑 pairs 水 (water) with 骨, which gives the sound.

Open 滑 →

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shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
冫
仌bīng冰bīng
Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

Open 冰 →

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
革革géleather
Sound part声符shēngfú
圭
圭guī鞋
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

鞋 puts 革 (leather) beside 圭 to show leather shoes; 圭 gives the sound and originally drew a pair of ritual axes, not earth.

Open 鞋 →

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