硬纸板 (yìng zhǐ bǎn) — cardboard

Definition

noun
cardboard
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 硬纸板，。
    Zhè ge yìng zhǐ bǎn hěn hòu, kě yǐ yòng lái zuò hé zi.
    This cardboard is very thick and can be used to make boxes.
  • 硬纸板。
    Tā yòng yìng zhǐ bǎn zuò le yí gè fáng zi de mó xíng.
    He used cardboard to make a model of a house.
  • 硬纸板。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè xiē yìng zhǐ bǎn fàng jìn huí shōu xiāng.
    Please put these cardboard pieces into the recycling bin.

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.

硬yìnghard
纸板paperboard
纸zhǐpaper板bǎnboard
偏正Modifier + head

硬 gives the stiffness, 纸 the paper, and 板 the board, naming a stiff paper board.

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
石石shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
更
更gèng硬yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

硬 is built from 石, meaning stone, to show hardness or stiffness, and 更, which gives the sound.

Open 硬 →

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
氏
氏shì紙zhǐ
Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

Open 纸 →

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mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
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.

Open 板 →

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