幅 fú measure word for pictures and cloth
How to remember 幅: 巾 towel + 畐 plenty = measure word for pictures and cloth. The market stall has one towel and plenty of paintings, and the kid counts them all with the measure word for pictures and cloth.
Component breakdown
幅 = 巾 towel + 畐 plenty
- 巾 towel
- 畐 plenty
The market stall has one towel and plenty of paintings, and the kid counts them all with the measure word for pictures and cloth.
How it is used
- Measure word for flat things you hang or spread - pictures, paintings, cloth: 一幅画 (yì fú huà) a painting.
- As a noun/root it means 'extent, range': 幅度 (fúdù) = the degree/range of change, 大幅 (dàfú) = by a large margin (大幅上涨 rise sharply).
- 篇幅 (piānfú) = the length (of an article/text).
Words with 幅
Example sentences
- 墙上挂着一幅画像。 Qiáng shàng guàzhe yì fú huàxiàng.There's a portrait hanging on the wall.