石板 (shí bǎn) — stone slab, flagstone (for paving, building, et…

Definition

noun

stone slabflagstone (for paving, building, etc.)slate (rock type or writing board)

Measure word · 块

石板。
Tā men yòng xiǎo shí bǎn pù le yì tiáo lù.
They paved a path with small stone slabs.
石板。
Zhè kuài shí bǎn shì gài fáng zi yòng de.
This stone slab is used for building a house.
石板。
Yǐ qián de xué shēng yòng shí bǎn xiě zì.
Students in the past used slates to write characters.

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.

板bǎnboard/slab

石 is stone and 板 is a flat board; together they mean a flat piece of stone.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 石 shows a stone under a cliff-like overhang, or a cave set into a cliff side.

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

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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