电热毯 (diàn rè tǎn) — electric blanket

Definition

noun
electric blanket
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 电热毯。
    Dōng tiān wǒ shuì jiào de shí hou huì yòng diàn rè tǎn.
    In winter I use an electric blanket when I sleep.
  • 电热毯。
    Zhè zhāng diàn rè tǎn kě yǐ tiáo jié wēn dù.
    This electric blanket can adjust the temperature.
  • 电热毯。
    Mā ma xīn mǎi le yì zhāng diàn rè tǎn gěi wǒ.
    Mom bought me a new electric blanket.

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.

电热electric heat
电diànelectricity热rèheat
偏正Modifier + head
毯tǎnblanket

电 (electricity) and 热 (heat) describe the blanket 毯, which is warmed by electricity.

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì熱rè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.

Open 热 →

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
毛毛máo
Sound part声符shēngfú
炎
炎yán毯tǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

毯 pairs 毛, a meaning part, with 炎, a sound part.

Open 毯 →

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