猪排 (zhū pái) — pork chop

Definition

noun
pork chop
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 猪排。
    Wǒ diǎn le yí fèn zhū pái.
    I ordered a pork chop.
  • 猪排。
    Tā zuò de zhū pái hěn hǎo chī.
    The pork chop he made is delicious.
  • 猪排。
    Mā ma mǎi le sān kuài zhū pái.
    Mom bought three pork chops.

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.

猪zhūpig
排páichop/rack

'猪' (pig) + '排' (chop/rack) gives pork chop.

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
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě猪zhū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

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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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
非
非fēi排pái
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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Appears in
Meat & Seafood

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