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风铃 (fēng líng) — wind chimes; wind bells

Definition

noun
wind chimeswind bells
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，风铃。
    Yí zhèn fēng chuī guò, fēng líng fā chū le qīng cuì de xiǎng shēng.
    A gust of wind blew by, and the wind chimes let out a clear, crisp sound.
  • 风铃。
    Péng you sòng gěi wǒ yí chuàn piào liang de fēng líng.
    A friend gave me a beautiful string of wind chimes.
  • 风铃。
    Wǒ zài yáng tái shàng guà le yí gè fēng líng.
    I hung a wind chime on the balcony.

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fēngwind
铃língbell

风 moves 铃 so it rings, naming a wind chime.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 风 →

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 鈴; 铃 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng鈴líng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鈴 pairs 金 (metal) with 令 as a sound part; the simplified 铃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 铃 →
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