风笛 (fēng dí) — bagpipes | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bagpipes

Measure word · 只

Examples

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Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xué huì le chuī fēng dí.
He learned to play the bagpipes as a child.
风笛。
Sū gé lán de fēng dí yīn yuè hěn yǒu tè sè.
Scottish bagpipe music is very distinctive.
风笛，。
Hūn lǐ shàng yǒu rén yǎn zòu fēng dí, qì fen hěn rè nao.
Someone played the bagpipes at the wedding, creating a lively atmosphere.

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.

“风” refers to wind or air and “笛” to a pipe, together naming a wind instrument.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

竹由笛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

笛 pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 由 as a sound part. The bamboo part shows the object is made of bamboo.

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