胡桃 (hú táo) — walnut | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

walnut

Measure word · 个

胡桃。
Wǒ zuó tiān mǎi le yí dài hú táo.
I bought a bag of walnuts yesterday.
胡桃。
hú táo De yíng yǎng jià zhí hěn gāo.
Walnuts have high nutritional value.
胡桃。
Tā bǎ hú táo rén jiā jìn le dàn gāo lǐ.
She added walnut kernels into the cake.

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.

胡húforeign

胡 indicates foreign origin and 桃 suggests a peach-like nut, giving 'walnut'.

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

⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

古

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

胡 combines 古, which points to its sound, with ⺼ (肉), meaning meat or flesh.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木兆桃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

兆

兆zhào桃táo(r)

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

桃 combines 木, meaning tree, with 兆, which gives the sound.

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