面纸 (miàn zhǐ) — facial tissue | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

facial tissue

Measure word · 张

Examples

面纸。
Wǒ mǎi le yì bāo miàn zhǐ.
I bought a pack of facial tissues.
，面纸。
Gǎn mào de shí hou, wǒ yòng le hěn duō miàn zhǐ.
When I had a cold, I used a lot of tissues.
面纸，。
Zhuō shàng yǒu miàn zhǐ, nǐ kě yǐ yòng.
There are tissues on the table; you can use them.

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 face and 纸 paper make paper used on the face.

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.

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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