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修正案 (xiū zhèng àn) — (noun) amendment (to a law, bill, constitution, etc.); (noun) revised draft (of a document)

Definition

noun
amendment (to a law, bill, constitution, etc.)revised draft (of a document)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 修正案。
    Yì huì tōng guò le zhè xiàng xiū zhèng àn.
    The parliament passed this amendment.
  • 修正案。
    Zhè ge xiū zhèng àn hái xū yào xiū gǎi.
    This revised draft still needs revision.
  • 修正案。
    Xiàn fǎ xiū zhèng àn xū yào sān fēn zhī èr duō shù tōng guò.
    A constitutional amendment needs a two-thirds majority to pass.

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.

修正revise
修xiūrevise正zhèngcorrect
联合Coordinate
案àndraft

修正案 joins 修正, meaning revise and correct, with 案, meaning draft, to form a revised proposal.

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
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu修xiū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

Open 修 →

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
止止zhǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng正zhèng
Same sound today

正 pairs 止 with 丁; 止 marks the sense and 丁 gives the sound.

Open 正 →

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
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
安
安ān案àn
Same sound today

案 pairs 木, a wood/tree shape, with 安, which is used for its sound.

Open 案 →
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