赤裸 (chì luǒ) — (be) nude, naked; bare (the body) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literary word for 'naked, bare' (the body or a body part). Also used figuratively for facts/truths laid bare, as in 赤裸裸. More formal than the everyday 裸/光着.

verb

(be) nudenakedbare (the body)

Examples

赤裸，。
Tā chì luǒ zhe shàng shēn, zài shā tān shàng sàn bù.
He walked on the beach bare-chested.
赤裸。
Nà xiē chì luǒ de shù zì ràng rén wú fǎ huí bì.
Those bare figures leave people no way to avoid them.
，赤裸。
Shòu hài zhě bèi fā xiàn shí, quán shēn chì luǒ zhe.
When the victim was found, they were completely naked.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

赤 and 裸 both convey bareness or nakedness, so together they mean fully uncovered.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

大大dàperson, big
火火huǒfire

赤 is a stylized form showing 大 (a person) and 火 (fire), depicting a person by a fire.

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

衣衣yīclothing

Sound part声符shēngfú

果

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 衣 means clothing, which fits the sense of being without clothes; the part 果 is there for sound.

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