四方帽

sìfāngmào

noun

Measure Word

一顶四方帽 dǐng

Meanings

1 mortarboard
2 academic cap (the square graduation hat)

Characters

Examples

毕业那天，他把四方帽抛向天空。

Bìyè nà tiān, tā bǎ sìfāngmào pāo xiàng tiānkōng.

On graduation day, he threw his mortarboard up into the sky.

穿着学士袍、戴着四方帽合影留念。

Chuān zhe xuéshìpáo, dài zhe sìfāngmào héyǐng liúniàn.

Posing for graduation photos in robes and mortarboards.

Tips

memory

Literally 'four-square hat' — describes the flat square top exactly. Also written 方帽 (fāngmào). The tassel that hangs off it is 流苏 (liúsū).

Stroke Order

四 sì

方 fāng

帽 mào