透视图 (tòu shì tú) — perspective drawing (a drawing that shows depth and three-dimensional space on a flat surface)

Definition

noun
perspective drawing (a drawing that shows depth and three-dimensional space on a flat surface)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 透视图。
    Zhè zhāng tòu shì tú huà dé hěn zhuān yè.
    This perspective drawing is very professional.
  • 透视图。
    Jiàn zhù xì de xué shēng dōu yào xué huà tòu shì tú.
    Architecture students all have to learn to draw perspective drawings.
  • 透视图。
    Tā yòng tòu shì tú zhǎn shì le fáng jiān de nèi bù jié gòu.
    He used a perspective drawing to show the interior structure of the room.

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.

透视look through
透tòuthrough视shìlook
偏正Modifier + head
图túdrawing

透视 (look through) and 图 (drawing) combine to mean a drawing showing depth.

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
辵辵chuòwalking
Sound part声符shēngfú
秀
秀xiù透tòu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 透 has 辵, a walking part, and 秀, which provides the sound.

Open 透 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
示
示shì視shì
Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

Open 视 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

  • 囗囗wéiwalled city
  • 啚啚bǐ

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

Open 图 →

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