龙洋 (lóng yáng) — dragon dollar (a silver coin minted in the late… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dragon dollar (a silver coin minted in the late Qing dynasty)

Measure word · 枚

Examples

龙洋，。
Zǔ fù shōu cáng le yì méi lóng yáng, shì tā yé ye chuán xià lái de.
My grandfather collected a dragon dollar, passed down from his own grandfather.
龙洋。
Zhè zhǒng lóng yáng zài qián bì shì chǎng shàng jià zhí hěn gāo.
This kind of dragon dollar is very valuable on the coin market.
龙洋，。
Qīng mò de lóng yáng shàng yìn yǒu lóng wén, fēi cháng jīng měi.
The dragon dollar from the late Qing has a dragon pattern printed on it, very exquisite.

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.

洋yángforeign

The 龙 design names the coin, and 洋 points to its foreign silver form.

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 龍; 龙 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 龍 originally drew a sacred creature with a large mouth and a snake-like body; the simplified 龙 is the form written here.

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

氵羊洋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

羊

羊yáng洋yáng

Same sound today

洋 pairs 氵, the water part, with 羊 to give its sound.

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