蜂箱 (fēng xiāng) — beehive; hive | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

beehivehive

Measure word · 个

Examples

蜂箱。
Yé ye zài yuàn zi lǐ fàng le liǎng gè fēng xiāng.
Grandpa placed two beehives in the yard.
蜂箱。
Yǎng fēng rén bǎ fēng xiāng bān dào huā tián biān shàng.
The beekeeper moved the beehives to the edge of the flower field.
蜂箱。
Zhè xiē fēng xiāng lǐ de mì fēng cǎi le hěn duō mì.
The bees in these hives have collected a lot of honey.

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.

蜂 is the bee, and 箱 is the box that holds the bees.

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.

虫夆蜂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

虫虫chónginsect

Sound part声符shēngfú

夆

夆páng蜂fēng

Same sound today

蜂 puts 虫, showing an insect, beside 夆, which gives its sound.

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

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

相xiāng箱xiāng

Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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