茶叶罐 (chá yè guàn) — tea caddy, tea canister | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tea caddytea canister

Measure word · 个

Examples

茶叶罐。
Zhè ge chá yè guàn shì cí zuò de.
This tea caddy is made of porcelain.
茶叶罐。
Tā bǎ chá yè guàn fàng zài chú guì lǐ.
He put the tea canister in the cupboard.
茶叶罐。
Wǒ xǐ huan shōu jí bù tóng xíng zhuàng de chá yè guàn.
I like collecting tea caddies of different shapes.

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.

茶叶

茶chátea叶yèleaf

偏正Modifier + head

The 罐 holds 茶叶, leaves of 茶, so it is a tea canister.

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

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

余

余yú茶chá

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

In 茶, the 艹 part marks a plant, and the 余 part gives the sound.

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

口十叶

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

十

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

The form 叶 pairs 口 (mouth) with 十 (ten) as an old form meaning cooperate; it later came to mean leaf because it sounded similar.

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

缶雚罐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

缶缶fǒupottery

Sound part声符shēngfú

雚

雚guàn罐guàn(r)

Same sound today

The left part 缶 shows pottery, while the right part 雚 gives the pronunciation.

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