玻璃窗 (bō li chuāng) — glass window | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

glass window

Measure word · 扇

Examples

玻璃窗。
Qǐng bǎ bō li chuāng cā gān jìng.
Please wipe the glass window clean.
玻璃窗，。
Zhè ge bō li chuāng hěn dà, cǎi guāng hěn hǎo.
This glass window is very big and lets in a lot of light.
玻璃窗。
Tā zhàn zài bō li chuāng qián kàn fēng jǐng.
He stood in front of the glass window looking at the scenery.

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.

玻璃glass

玻bō璃lí

窗chuāngwindow

玻璃 means glass and 窗 means window, giving a window made of glass.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

王离璃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

王Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

离

Same sound today

In 璃, the left side 王 is jade, written in full as 玉, and the right side 离 gives the sound lí.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

穴囱窗

穴穴xuéhole
囱囱cōngwindow

窗 combines 穴 (hole) with 囱 (window), giving the sense of an opening used as a window.

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