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降落伞 (jiàng luò sǎn) — parachute

Definition

noun
parachute
Measure word · 顶

Examples

  • ，降落伞。
    Fēi jī chū xiàn gù zhàng, fēi xíng yuán jí shí dǎ kāi le jiàng luò sǎn.
    The plane malfunctioned and the pilot opened the parachute in time.
  • 降落伞。
    jiàng luò sǎn Kě yǐ ràng rén cóng gāo kōng ān quán xià jiàng.
    A parachute allows people to descend safely from high altitude.
  • 降落伞。
    Tā rèn zhēn xué xí rú hé zhèng què zhé dié jiàng luò sǎn.
    He studied seriously how to correctly fold a parachute.

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.

降落descend
降jiàngdescend落luòfall
联合Coordinate
伞sǎnumbrella

An umbrella-like device (伞) used for 降落, where 降 and 落 both describe coming down.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall
Sound part声符shēngfú
夅
夅jiàng降xiáng
Same sound today

降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.

Open 降 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
洛
洛luò落luò
Same sound today

落 pairs 艹 with 洛; 洛 gives the sound, and 艹 relates to the meaning.

Open 落 →

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 →
Appears in
Air Travel

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