页码 (yè mǎ) — page number | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

page number

页码？
Nǐ néng gào sù wǒ zhè běn shū de dì yè mǎ shì duō shǎo ma?
Can you tell me what the page number of this book is?
页码。
Qǐng fān dào dì yè mǎ kàn kàn nèi róng.
Please turn to the page number and look at the content.
页码。
Zhè běn shū de měi yè dōu yǒu yè mǎ.
Every page of this book has a page number.

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.

页 is page and 码 is number, together page number.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頁; 页 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 頁 drew a head and body of a kneeling person; later 頁 was used to write page. This explanation is about 頁, not the simplified 页.

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 碼; 码 is its simplified writing.

石馬碼

Meaning part形符xíngfú

石石shístone; rock

Sound part声符shēngfú

馬

馬mǎ碼mǎ

Same sound today

The traditional form 碼 pairs 石 (stone) with 馬 for its sound; the simplified 码 is a later shorthand.