佳酿 (jiā niàng) — excellent wine, fine vintage | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

excellent winefine vintage

Measure word · 瓶

Examples

佳酿。
Zhè píng jiā niàng shì tā zhēn cáng le shí nián de.
This bottle of fine wine is one he has treasured for ten years.
佳酿，。
Péng you sòng wǒ yì píng fǎ guó jiā niàng, wèi dào fēi cháng hǎo.
A friend gave me a bottle of French fine wine; it tastes excellent.
佳酿。
Zhè jiā jiǔ zhuāng chū chǎn de jiā niàng zài guó jì shàng lǚ huò dà jiǎng.
The fine wine produced by this winery has repeatedly won international awards.

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.

酿niàngbrewed drink

佳 means fine and 酿 is a brewed drink, together giving a fine vintage.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rénman; person

Sound part声符shēngfú

圭

圭guī佳jiā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

佳 combines 人 (person) with 圭, which is used for the sound guī.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Alcohol & Tobacco

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