花束 (huā shù) — bouquet of flowers

Definition

noun
bouquet of flowers
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 花束
    Tā shēng rì nà tiān shōu dào le yí dà shù huā shù.
    She received a big bouquet of flowers on her birthday.
  • 花束
    Xīn láng bǎ huā shù dì gěi le xīn niáng.
    The groom handed the bouquet to the bride.
  • 花束
    Zhè jiā huā diàn de huā shù bāo zhuāng dé hěn jīng zhì.
    The bouquets from this flower shop are very elegantly wrapped.

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.

huāflower
shùbundle

花 means flower, and 束 means bundle, so it is a bundle of flowers.

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
Written in full ascǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

Open 花 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The shape of 束 comes from a drawing of a bag tied at both ends.

Open 束 →

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