短笛 (duǎn dí) — piccolo | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

piccolo

Measure word · 支

短笛。
Tā zài zhè shǒu qǔ zi zhōng yòng duǎn dí yǎn zòu le yí duàn dú zòu.
He played a solo passage with the piccolo in this piece.
短笛。
Yuè duì lǐ nà wèi duǎn dí shǒu chuī dé fēi cháng hǎo.
The piccolo player in the band plays very well.
短笛。
duǎn dí De shēng yīn bǐ cháng dí gèng gāo gèng liàng.
The piccolo's sound is higher and brighter than the flute's.

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.

短 and 笛 make a short flute.

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.

矢豆短

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

豆

豆dòu短duǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

短 is built from 矢 and 豆. 豆 is used for its sound, while 矢 is the component linked to the meaning.

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

竹由笛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

笛 pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 由 as a sound part. The bamboo part shows the object is made of bamboo.

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