鳟鱼 (zūn yú) — trout | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

trout

Measure word · 条

Examples

鳟鱼。
Zuó tiān wǒ men zài cān tīng chī le zūn yú.
Yesterday we ate trout at the restaurant.
鳟鱼。
Chāo shì lǐ de zūn yú hěn xīn xiān.
The trout in the supermarket is very fresh.
鳟鱼。
Zhè zhǒng zūn yú shēng huó zài lěng shuǐ lǐ.
This kind of trout lives in cold water.

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.

The character 鳟 names the trout, and 鱼 marks it as a fish.

Characters in this word

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 鱒; 鳟 is its simplified writing.

魚尊鱒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

魚魚yúfish

Sound part声符shēngfú

尊

尊zūn鱒zūn

Same sound today

The traditional form 鱒 pairs 魚 (fish) with 尊, a sound part; the simplified 鳟 is a later shorthand.

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.

Appears in

Fish & Aquatic Life

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