香波 (xiāng bō) — shampoo | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

shampoo

Measure word · 瓶

香波。
Wǒ mǎi le yì píng xīn de xiāng bō.
I bought a new bottle of shampoo.
香波。
Zhè kuǎn xiāng bō shì hé yóu xìng tóu fa.
This shampoo is suitable for oily hair.
香波，。
Yòng xiāng bō xǐ tóu hòu, tóu fa hěn róu shùn.
After washing with shampoo, the hair is very smooth.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters carry no meaning of their own here; 香波 transliterates a foreign word for shampoo.

Sound-only characters

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

香's early form paired 黍 (glutinous millet) with 口 (mouth), perhaps showing millet drink being taken in or offered.

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

氵皮波

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

皮

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

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 皮 gives the sound.

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