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面条儿 (miàn tiáo r) — noodles (colloquial erhua form)

Definition

noun
noodles (colloquial erhua form)
Measure word · 碗

Examples

  • 面条儿。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì wǎn miàn tiáo r.
    I bought a bowl of noodles.
  • 面条儿。
    Jīn tiān de miàn tiáo r hěn hǎo chī.
    Today's noodles are very tasty.
  • 面条儿。
    Mā ma xǐ huan zuò miàn tiáo r.
    Mom likes to make noodles.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

面条noodles
面miànflour条tiáostrip
偏正Modifier + head
儿érerhua

面 and 条 make a flour strip, and 儿 gives the colloquial erhua sound.

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.

Open 面 →

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 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

Open 条 →

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

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Open 儿 →
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