玻璃纸 (bō li zhǐ) — cellophane | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cellophane

Measure word · 张

Examples

玻璃纸。
Tā yòng bō li zhǐ bǎ lǐ wù bāo le qǐ lái.
He wrapped the gift with cellophane.
玻璃纸，。
Zhè zhǒng bō li zhǐ hěn báo, róng yì sī pò.
This kind of cellophane is very thin and tears easily.
玻璃纸。
Táng guǒ wài miàn yǒu yī céng bō li zhǐ.
There's a layer of cellophane on the outside of the candy.

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

联绵Bound pair

玻璃 denotes glass, and 纸 denotes paper, so the term means a transparent paper-like sheet.

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.

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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