避孕套 (bì yùn tào) — condom | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

condom

Measure word · 只

避孕套。
Shǐ yòng bì yùn tào kě yǐ yǒu xiào yù fáng xìng chuán bō jí bìng.
Using condoms can effectively prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
避孕套。
Chāo shì de shōu yín tái páng biān jiù yǒu mài bì yùn tào de.
Condoms are sold right next to the supermarket checkout.
避孕套，。
Tā měi cì dōu huì jì de dài bì yùn tào, zhè shì fù zé rèn de biǎo xiàn.
He always remembers to bring condoms — that's a sign of responsibility.

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.

避孕avoid pregnancy

避bìavoid孕yùnpregnancy

动宾Verb + object

避 means avoid, 孕 means pregnancy, and 套 means sheath, so 避孕套 is a sheath for avoiding pregnancy.

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.

辶辟避

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

辟

Same sound today

避 is built from 辶, a walking-related form, plus 辟, which gives the pronunciation.

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

孕 is drawn as a pregnant woman with a fetus.

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

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

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