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专访 (zhuān fǎng) — special interview (with a notable person, often by a journalist); exclusive feature report

Definition

A 专访 is an in-depth, dedicated interview with one notable person or on one specific topic — a single piece of journalism, not a routine Q&A. Common with 进行/刊登/播出.

noun
special interview (with a notable person, often by a journalist)exclusive feature report

Examples

  • 专访。
    Zhè piān zhuān fǎng kān dēng zài jīn tiān de bào zhǐ tóu bǎn.
    This special interview is published on today's front page.
  • 专访。
    Jì zhě míng tiān yào duì zhè wèi zuò jiā jìn xíng zhuān fǎng.
    The journalist is going to conduct a special interview with this writer tomorrow.
  • 专访。
    Zuó wǎn bō chū de nà ge zhuān fǎng yǐn qǐ le guǎng fàn tǎo lùn.
    The special interview broadcast last night sparked widespread discussion.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

专zhuānspecial/exclusive
访fǎnginterview

专 means special/exclusive, and 访 means interview; together they describe a special interview.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 訪; 访 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yántalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng訪fǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 訪 pairs 言 (talk) with 方 to give the sound; the simplified 访 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical part.

Open 访 →
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