鱼塘 (yú táng) — fishpond | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fishpond

Measure word · 个

Examples

鱼塘。
Yé ye zài yú táng lǐ yǎng le hěn duō yú.
Grandpa raises a lot of fish in the fishpond.
鱼塘。
Zhè ge yú táng de shuǐ hěn gān jìng.
The water in this fishpond is very clean.
鱼塘。
Tā men zhèng zài qīng lǐ yú táng.
They are cleaning the fishpond.

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.

A 塘 for 鱼, i.e. a fishpond.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

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

土唐塘

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔdirt

Sound part声符shēngfú

唐

唐táng塘táng

Same sound today

塘 combines 土, meaning dirt, with 唐, which gives the sound.

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