长裙 (cháng qún) — long skirt; full-length skirt | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

long skirtfull-length skirt

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Examples

长裙。
Tā jīn tiān chuān le yì tiáo bái sè de cháng qún.
She wore a white long skirt today.
长裙。
Xià tiān chuān cháng qún hěn liáng kuai.
Wearing a long skirt in summer is very cool.
长裙。
Zhè tiáo cháng qún shì wǒ zài shāng chǎng mǎi de.
This long skirt is what I bought at the mall.

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.

长 gives 'long' and 裙 gives 'skirt', meaning a long or full-length skirt.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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

衤君裙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothing

Sound part声符shēngfú

君

君jūn裙qún

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

裙 pairs 衤, a narrow form of 衣 meaning clothing, with 君, which gives the sound.

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