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管状 (guǎn zhuàng) — tubular, tube-shaped

Definition

adjective
tubulartube-shaped

Examples

  • 管状。
    Zhè zhǒng guǎn zhuàng jié gòu de cái liào hěn qīng.
    This tubular material is very light.
  • 管状。
    Yī shēng zài jiǎn chá shí fā xiàn le yí duàn guǎn zhuàng wù tǐ.
    The doctor found a tubular object during the examination.
  • 管状。
    Jiàn zhù zhōng cháng yòng guǎn zhuàng gāng guǎn lái dā jiàn kuàng jià.
    Tubular steel pipes are often used to build frameworks in construction.

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.

管guǎntube
状zhuàngshape

管 (tube) and 状 (shape) combine to mean having the shape of a tube.

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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān管guǎn
Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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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 狀; 状 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán狀zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 狀 pairs 犬 (dog) with 爿 as a sound component; the simplified 状 is a shorthand, not the historical shape.

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