白梅 (bái méi) — white plum blossom | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

white plum blossom

Measure word · 朵

Examples

，白梅。
Chūn tiān dào le, bái méi kāi huā le.
Spring has arrived, and the white plum blossoms have bloomed.
白梅。
Zhè duǒ bái méi tè bié měi.
This white plum blossom is especially beautiful.
白梅。
Gōng yuán lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō bái méi.
Many white plum blossoms are planted in the park.

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.

'白' means white and '梅' means plum; together they name a white plum blossom.

Characters in this word

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

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

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

木每梅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

每

每měi梅méi

Same sound today

梅 is built from 木 (tree) and 每, which gives the sound; it is used for the plum tree.

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