熏肉 (xūn ròu) — smoked meat | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

smoked meat

Measure word · 块

熏肉，。
Wǒ zuó tiān chī le xūn ròu, wèi dào hěn hǎo.
I ate smoked meat yesterday, and it tasted great.
熏肉。
Chāo shì lǐ mài de xūn ròu hěn shòu huān yíng.
The smoked meat sold in the supermarket is very popular.
熏肉。
Mā ma yòng xūn ròu zuò le sān míng zhì.
Mom made sandwiches with smoked meat.

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.

熏 describes meat that has been smoked, and 肉 names the meat, yielding smoked meat.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 燻; 熏 is its simplified writing.

火熏燻

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

熏

Same sound today

In the traditional form 燻, 火 marks fire or smoke, and 熏 gives the sound; the modern 熏 is a shorter form.

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

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

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