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阳伞 (yáng sǎn) — parasol; sunshade

Definition

noun
parasolsunshade
Measure word · 把

Examples

  • 阳伞。
    Xià tiān chū mén wǒ cháng cháng dài yì bǎ yáng sǎn.
    I often bring a parasol when I go out in summer.
  • 阳伞，。
    Zhè bǎ yáng sǎn hěn piào liang, néng zhē tài yáng.
    This parasol is very pretty and can block the sun.
  • 阳伞。
    Tā zài yáng sǎn xià miàn kàn shū.
    She is reading a book under the parasol.

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.

阳yángsun
伞sǎnumbrella

阳 and 伞 combine: a 伞 against the 阳, hence parasol.

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 陽; 阳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fùhill
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng陽yáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 陽, 阜 shows a hill and 昜 is the older character for the word, tied to sunshine and the sound; simplified 阳 is a later shorthand.

Open 阳 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傘; 伞 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 傘 is drawn like an umbrella. The simplified 伞 is a later shorthand, not the original drawing.

Open 伞 →
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