睡椅 (shuì yī) — reclining chair; chaise lounge

Definition

noun
reclining chairchaise lounge
Measure word · 把
Easily confused

Examples

  • 睡椅。
    Tā zài shuì yī shàng kàn shū kàn shuì zháo le.
    He fell asleep while reading in the reclining chair.
  • 睡椅。
    Zhè zhāng shuì yī kě yǐ diào dào hěn shū fu de jiǎo dù.
    This reclining chair can be adjusted to a very comfortable angle.
  • 睡椅。
    Yáng tái shàng de shuì yī shì qù nián mǎi de.
    The reclining chair on the balcony was bought last year.

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.

睡shuìsleep
椅yǐchair

睡 specifies what the 椅 is for, yielding a chair for reclining.

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
目目mùeye
Sound part声符shēngfú
垂
垂chuí睡shuì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

睡 combines 目, an eye, with 垂, which gives its sound.

Open 睡 →

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
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
奇
奇qí椅yǐ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

椅 combines 木 (wood) with 奇, which gives its sound.

Open 椅 →
Appears in
Furniture

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