鱼网 (yú wǎng) — fishing net | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fishing net

Measure word · 张

Examples

鱼网。
Yú mín bǎ yú wǎng sǎ xiàng le dà hǎi.
The fisherman cast the fishing net into the sea.
鱼网。
Zhè zhāng yú wǎng shì yòng ní lóng xiàn biān zhī de.
This fishing net is woven from nylon thread.
鱼网。
Xiū bǔ pò sǔn de yú wǎng xū yào hěn dà de nài xīn.
Repairing a damaged fishing net requires a lot of patience.

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.

Fish and net combine to mean a net used for catching fish.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

罔

罔wǎng網wǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

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