美发棒

美髮棒

měifàbàng

noun

Measure Word

一支美发棒 zhī

Meanings

1 hair styling wand
2 curling wand
3 hair styler

Characters

Examples

我用美发棒卷了个大波浪。

Wǒ yòng měifàbàng juǎn le ge dà bōlàng.

I used a curling wand to make big waves.

这款美发棒既能拉直又能卷发。

Zhè kuǎn měifàbàng jì néng lāzhí yòu néng juǎnfà.

This styling wand can both straighten and curl.

Tips

mistakes

发 here is read fà (hair, fourth tone), not fā (to issue). Compare 美发店 (měifàdiàn, hair salon) with 出发 (chūfā, to depart). The traditional form 髮 is preserved for hair, while the verb 'issue' uses 發.

Stroke Order

美 měi

发 fā

棒 bàng