亚文化 (yà wén huà) — subculture | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

subculture

亚文化。
yà wén huà Yán jiū shì shè huì xué de yí gè zhòng yào lǐng yù.
Subculture research is an important field in sociology.
亚文化。
Nián qīng rén yǒu shí huì tōng guò jiā rù yà wén huà lái biǎo dá gè xìng.
Young people sometimes express their individuality by joining a subculture.
亚文化。
Zhè zhǒng yà wén huà de yīn yuè fēng gé fēi cháng dú tè.
The musical style of this subculture is very unique.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

前缀qiánzhuìPrefix

A fixed syllable in front that adds a shade of meaning but carries none of its own.

文化culture

文wénculture化huàtransform

联合Side by side

亚 (sub-) combines with 文化 (culture) to mean a culture outside the mainstream.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.