铁片 (tiě piān) — iron sheet; iron plate

Definition

noun
iron sheetiron plate
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 铁片。
    Zhè kuài tiě piān hěn hòu.
    This piece of iron sheet is very thick.
  • 铁片。
    Gōng rén bǎ tiě piān jiǎn kāi le.
    The worker cut the iron sheet open.
  • 铁片。
    Zhè shàn mén shì yòng tiě piān zuò de.
    This door is made of iron sheet.

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.

铁tiěiron
片piànsheet/plate

铁 'iron' and 片 'sheet/plate' together name an iron sheet or plate.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鐵; 铁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢧤
𢧤𢧤鐵tiě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鐵 pairs 金 (metal) with 𢧤 as a sound part; the simplified 铁 is a later shorthand.

Open 铁 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →

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