铁管 (tiě guǎn) — iron pipe, iron tube | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

iron pipeiron tube

Measure word · 根

Examples

铁管。
Gōng rén yòng tiě guǎn jiàn zào le zhè zuò dà qiáo.
Workers used iron pipes to build this big bridge.
铁管。
Zhè gēn tiě guǎn hěn zhòng.
This iron pipe is very heavy.
铁管。
Tā mǎi le jǐ gēn tiě guǎn lái xiū lǐ shuǐ guǎn.
He bought several iron pipes to repair the water pipe.

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 gives the material, and 管 names a pipe or tube.

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.

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

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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