高领 (gāo lǐng) — turtleneck (sweater) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

turtleneck (sweater)

Measure word · 件

Examples

，高领。
Tiān lěng le, tā chuān shàng le yí jiàn gāo lǐng máo yī.
It got cold, so she put on a turtleneck sweater.
高领，。
Wǒ xǐ huan chuān gāo lǐng de yī fu, bǐ jiào bǎo nuǎn.
I like wearing turtleneck clothes; they keep you warmer.
高领。
Zhè jiàn gāo lǐng chuān zhuó hěn shū fu.
This turtleneck is very comfortable to wear.

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.

高 means high and 领 means collar; it names a collar that stands high.

Characters in this word

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

令頁領

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng領lǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

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