胶合板 (jiāo hé bǎn) — plywood

Definition

noun
plywood
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 胶合板。
    Zhè zhāng zhuō zi shì yòng jiāo hé bǎn zuò de.
    This table is made of plywood.
  • 胶合板。
    Gōng rén bǎ jiāo hé bǎn qiē chéng xiǎo kuài.
    The workers cut the plywood into small pieces.
  • 胶合板。
    Wǒ men xū yào mǎi sān zhāng jiāo hé bǎn.
    We need to buy three sheets of plywood.

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.

胶合glue together
胶jiāoto glue合héjoin
补充Verb + complement
板bǎnboard

胶 and 合 describe gluing together, and 板 is the board made by that process.

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 膠; 胶 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat; flesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
翏
翏liù膠jiāo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 膠 pairs ⺼ (meat; flesh) with 翏, which gives the sound.

Open 胶 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

Open 合 →

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →

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