面巾纸 (miàn jīn zhǐ) — facial tissues; tissues for face use | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

facial tissuestissues for face use

Measure word · 张

Examples

面巾纸。
Wǒ qù chāo shì mǎi le yì bāo miàn jīn zhǐ.
I went to the supermarket and bought a pack of facial tissues.
面巾纸。
Qǐng bāng wǒ ná yì zhāng miàn jīn zhǐ cā shǒu.
Please get me a tissue to wipe my hands.
，面巾纸。
Dōng tiān róng yì gǎn mào, wǒ suí shēn dài zhe miàn jīn zhǐ.
In winter it's easy to catch a cold, so I carry tissues with me.

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.

面巾face towel

面miànface巾jīntowel

偏正Modifier + head

面巾纸 is the 纸 form of 面巾, a face towel.

Characters in this word

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

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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

The form 巾 is a picture of a piece of cloth hanging down.

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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