网页 (wǎng yè) — web page | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

网页 is a single web page you view in a browser, one document among many. Compare 网站 (a whole website) and 网址 (a URL/address used to reach a page).

noun

web page

Measure word · 个

Examples

网页。
Wǒ dǎ kāi le yí gè wǎng yè.
I opened a web page.
网页。
Zhè ge wǎng yè shàng yǒu hěn duō xìn xī.
This web page has a lot of information.
网页。
Qǐng nǐ gào sù wǒ zhè ge wǎng yè de dì zhǐ.
Please tell me the address of this web page.

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.

网 means net and 页 means page, so it names a page on the net.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

罔

罔wǎng網wǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頁; 页 is its simplified writing.

首首shǒu
卩卩jié

The traditional form 頁 drew a head and body of a kneeling person; later 頁 was used to write page. This explanation is about 頁, not the simplified 页.

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