猎手 (liè shǒu) — hunter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hunter

Measure word · 个

猎手。
Nà ge liè shǒu zhù zài sēn lín lǐ.
That hunter lives in the forest.
猎手。
Zhè wèi liè shǒu dǎ dào le yì zhī yě tù.
This hunter caught a wild rabbit.
，猎手。
Zài gǔ dài, liè shǒu shì rén men zhòng yào de shí wù lái yuán.
In ancient times, hunters were an important food source for people.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

猎 'hunt' and 手 'person' combine to mean a hunter.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

昔

昔xī猎liè

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

In 猎, the left part 犬 means dog and the right part 昔 provides the sound.

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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