赤足 (chì zú) — barefoot (attributive)

Definition

adjective
barefoot (attributive)

Examples

  • 赤足。
    Nà ge chì zú de hái zi zài cǎo dì shàng pǎo.
    That barefoot child is running on the grass.
  • 赤足。
    chì zú Xíng zǒu zài shā tān shàng gǎn jué hěn shū fu.
    Walking barefoot on the beach feels very comfortable.
  • 赤足。
    Tā chuān zhuó yí jiàn jiù chèn shān hé yì tiáo chì zú de duǎn kù.
    He wore an old shirt and a pair of barefoot shorts.

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.

足zúfoot

赤 gives the sense of bare or naked, and 足 means foot, together describing bare feet.

Characters in this word

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

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

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

足 was originally drawn as a leg.

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