袍 páo robe
robe; gown; cloak
怎么记住“袍”: 衤 clothes + 包 parcel = robe. Grandpa hates new clothes, but from the birthday parcel he pulls something soft and long and calls it a robe, anything but a dress.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
袍 = 衤 clothes + 包 parcel
- 衤 clothes meaning
- 包 parcel sound
- 勹 wrap
- 巳 snake
Grandpa hates new clothes, but from the birthday parcel he pulls something soft and long and calls it a robe, anything but a dress.
How it came to be
The clothes give the meaning and the parcel the sound; the word first meant a padded robe.
用法
- 'Robe/gown': 旗袍 (qípáo) the fitted cheongsam dress, 睡袍 (shuìpáo) a bathrobe, 长袍 (chángpáo) a traditional long gown, 战袍 (zhànpáo) battle robe (now also a sports jersey figuratively).
- Idiom 同袍 evokes comradeship (from soldiers sharing robes).