缰绳 (jiāng shéng) — reins; halter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

reinshalter

Measure word · 根

Examples

缰绳，。
Tā lā jǐn le jiāng shéng, mǎ lì kè tíng le xià lái.
He pulled the reins tight, and the horse stopped immediately.
缰绳。
Qí shǒu xū yào yòng shǒu kòng zhì hǎo jiāng shéng.
The rider needs to control the reins well with their hands.
，缰绳。
Zhè pǐ mǎ bù kěn zǒu, wǒ zhǐ hǎo yòng lì lā le lā jiāng shéng.
This horse wouldn't go, so I had to pull on the reins hard.

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.

缰 points to the rein, and 绳 names the rope-like object.

Characters in this word

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 繩; 绳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

黽

黽mǐn繩shéng

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

The traditional form 繩 is built from 糸, the rope/string part, and 黽, the sound part.

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