门板 (mén bǎn) — door plank; shutter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

door plankshutter

Measure word · 块

Examples

门板，。
Zhè shàn mén de mén bǎn yǐ jīng huài le, xū yào huàn xīn de.
The door plank of this door is already broken and needs to be replaced.
，。
Tā bǎ mén bǎn chāi xià lái, zhǔn bèi chóng xīn shuā qī.
He took down the shutter and prepared to repaint it.
门板，。
Lǎo fáng zi de mén bǎn hěn hòu, gé yīn xiào guǒ hěn hǎo.
The door planks of the old house are very thick, so the soundproofing is good.

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.

门 means door, and 板 means board; together they describe a board forming a door.

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 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 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.

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn板bǎn

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

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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