雨滴 (yǔ dī) — raindrop | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

raindrop

Measure word · 滴

，雨滴。
Chuāng wài xià zhe yǔ, yǔ dī luò zài bō li shàng.
It's raining outside, and raindrops are falling on the window.
雨滴。
yǔ dī De shēng yīn ràng rén jué de hěn ān jìng.
The sound of raindrops makes people feel very peaceful.
雨滴。
Tā shēn shǒu jiē zhù le yì dī yǔ dī.
He reached out his hand and caught a raindrop.

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.

雨 means rain and 滴 means drop, naming a raindrop.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 雨 is an old picture of a cloud with rain drops falling from it; the top line was added later.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

啻

啻chì滴dī

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

滴 has 水, meaning water, on the left, and 啻 on the right, which tells how it sounds.

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