竹篮 (zhú lán) — bamboo basket | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bamboo basket

Measure word · 个

竹篮。
Nǎi nai yòng zhú lán mǎi cài.
Grandma uses a bamboo basket to buy groceries.
竹篮。
Zhè ge zhú lán biān dé hěn jiē shi.
This bamboo basket is woven very sturdy.
竹篮。
Tā bēi zhe yí gè zhú lán shàng shān cǎi yào.
He carried a bamboo basket on his back to gather herbs in the mountains.

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.

'竹' means bamboo and '篮' means basket, naming a basket made of bamboo.

Characters in this word

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

竹 pictures two bamboo stalks with leaves.

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 籃; 篮 is its simplified writing.

竹監籃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

監

監jiān籃lán

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

The traditional form 籃 puts 竹 (bamboo) over 監, which gives the sound; the simplified 篮 is a later shorthand.