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腰带 (yāo dài) — belt, waistband

Definition

noun
beltwaistband
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 腰带。
    Zhè tiáo yāo dài hěn piào liang.
    This belt is very beautiful.
  • 腰带。
    Tā xì le yì tiáo yāo dài.
    He put on a belt.
  • 腰带。
    Wǒ de yāo dài shì hēi sè de.
    My belt is black.

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.

腰yāowaist
带dàibelt

腰 (waist) and 带 (belt) together name a belt worn at the waist.

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ròuflesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
要
要yào腰yāo
Same sound today

The left part ⺼ is flesh; the right part 要 gives the sound.

Open 腰 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

Open 带 →
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Footwear & Accessories

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