腊肠 (là cháng) — Chinese-style cured sausage (typically made fro…

Definition

noun

Chinese-style cured sausage (typically made from pork, seasoned and air-dried)

Measure word · 根

腊肠。
Mā ma yòng là cháng chǎo le yì pán qīng cài.
Mom stir-fried a plate of greens with Chinese sausage.
腊肠，。
Guǎng shì là cháng wèi dào piān tián, shì hé zuò bāo zǎi fàn.
Cantonese-style cured sausage is slightly sweet and great for clay pot rice.
，腊肠。
Guò nián shí, jiā lǐ huì zhēng yì zhěng gēn là cháng.
During the New Year, the family steams a whole piece of cured sausage.

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.

肠chángintestine/sausage

The “腊” cured and “肠” intestine/sausage mean a cured sausage.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

昔

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

腊 pairs 肉, meaning meat, with 昔, which gives the sound.

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 腸; 肠 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昜

昜yáng腸cháng

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

The traditional form 腸 pairs 肉, the body, with 昜, which gives the sound; the simplified 肠 is a later shorthand.

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