窗玻璃 (chuāng bō lí) — windowpane | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

windowpane

Measure word · 块

Examples

窗玻璃，。
Nà kuài chuāng bō lí suì le, xū yào huàn yí kuài xīn de.
That windowpane is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
窗玻璃。
Gōng rén zhèng zài cā dà lóu de chuāng bō lí.
The workers are cleaning the windowpanes of the building.
，窗玻璃。
Dōng tiān de shí hou, chuāng bō lí shàng huì jié yī céng bīng.
In winter, a layer of ice will form on the windowpane.

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.

窗chuāngwindow

玻璃glass

玻bō璃lí

窗 (window) and 玻璃 (glass) together name the glass of a window.

Characters in this word

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

穴囱窗

穴穴xuéhole
囱囱cōngwindow

窗 combines 穴 (hole) with 囱 (window), giving the sense of an opening used as a window.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

王离璃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

王Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

离

Same sound today

In 璃, the left side 王 is jade, written in full as 玉, and the right side 离 gives the sound lí.

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