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秃子 (tū zǐ) — bald person, baldy

Definition

noun
bald personbaldy
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，秃子。
    Tā tóu shàng méi yǒu tóu fa, shì gè tū zǐ.
    He has no hair on his head; he's a bald person.
  • 秃子。
    Nà ge tū zǐ zài gōng yuán lǐ shài tài yáng.
    That bald man is sunbathing in the park.
  • 秃子，。
    Wǒ shū shu shì gè tū zǐ, tā měi tiān dōu guā guāng tóu.
    My uncle is a bald man; he shaves his head every day.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

秃tūbald
子zǐnominalizing ending

秃 gives the bald quality and 子 completes the name for a bald person.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 禿; 秃 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 禿 puts 毛 (hair) with 儿 (person), showing a person with little or no hair. The simplified 秃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the historical picture.

Open 秃 →

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

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

Open 子 →
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