肉冻 (ròu dòng) — meat jelly, aspic | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

meat jellyaspic

Measure word · 块

肉冻。
Zhè dào cài shì yòng ròu dòng zuò de.
This dish is made with meat jelly.
肉冻。
Tā xǐ huan zài shā lā lǐ jiā yì xiē ròu dòng.
She likes to add some aspic to salad.
肉冻。
Chāo shì lǐ mài de ròu dòng wèi dào bú cuò.
The meat jelly sold in the supermarket tastes good.

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.

肉 'meat' and 冻 'jelly' name a meat jelly.

Characters in this word

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

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

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 凍; 冻 is its simplified writing.

冫東凍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīng

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng凍dòng

Same sound today

The traditional form 凍 pairs 冫 (ice) with 東 for the sound; the simplified 冻 is a later shorthand.