蛮 mán barbarians
怎么记住“蛮”: 𰁜 as well + 虫 insect = barbarians. The boys grab the birthday cake with their hands, their little sister as well, and even the insect on the icing is shocked by these barbarians.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
蛮 = 𰁜 as well + 虫 insect
- 𰁜 as well sound
- 虫 insect meaning
The boys grab the birthday cake with their hands, their little sister as well, and even the insect on the icing is shocked by these barbarians.
How it came to be
The snake below gives the meaning and the top the sound; the word first named peoples of the south.
用法
- Two lives: literary 'barbarous/savage': 野蛮 (yěmán) barbaric, 蛮横 (mánhèng) arrogant and unreasonable, 蛮不讲理 (mán bù jiǎnglǐ) utterly unreasonable.
- Also a very common colloquial adverb 'quite/pretty' (esp. southern speech): 蛮好 (mán hǎo) pretty good, 蛮喜欢 (mán xǐhuan) rather like, informal, ≈ 挺.