食谱 (shí pǔ) — cookbook; recipe(s) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cookbookrecipe(s)

Measure word · 份

Examples

食谱。
Wǒ zuì jìn mǎi le yì běn xīn de shí pǔ.
I recently bought a new cookbook.
食谱。
Tā àn zhào shí pǔ shàng de bù zhòu zuò le zhè dào cài.
She followed the steps in the recipe to make this dish.
食谱。
Zhè běn shí pǔ shōu lù le shàng bǎi zhǒng jiā cháng cài de zuò fǎ.
This cookbook contains hundreds of home-style recipes.

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.

食 gives food and 谱 gives a list, so a list of food preparations.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

亼亼jímouth
皀皀jía bowl of rice on a stand

The form behind 食 shows 亼, a mouth, together with 皀, a bowl of rice on a stand. In modern 食, the bowl part has changed shape.

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 譜; 谱 is its simplified writing.

言普譜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánsound

Sound part声符shēngfú

普

普pǔ譜pǔ(r)

Same sound today

In the traditional form 譜, 言 relates to sound and 普 gives the pronunciation; this explanation is about 譜, not the simplified 谱.

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