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假释 (jiǎ shì) — to parole

Definition

A formal legal/legal-administrative verb meaning 'to parole' — releasing a prisoner before sentence ends under supervision. Rare outside legal/judicial contexts.

verb
to parole

Examples

  • 假释。
    Fǎ yuàn jué dìng jiǎ shì nà ge zuì fàn.
    The court decided to parole that criminal.
  • 假释。
    Tā yīn wèi biǎo xiàn hǎo ér bèi jiǎ shì le.
    He was paroled because of good behavior.
  • 假释，。
    Tā jiǎ shì zhī hòu, bì xū dìng qī bào dào.
    After being paroled, he must report regularly.

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.

假jiǎprovisional
释shìrelease

假 provisional + 释 release gives a provisional release from prison.

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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
叚
叚jiǎ假jiǎ
Same sound today

假 pairs 亻 (person) with 叚, which gives the sound jiǎ.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 釋; 释 is its simplified writing.

  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 睪睪yìto release; to see

The traditional form 釋 puts 釆 (to distinguish) beside 睪, a part that gives the sound and means “to release; to see”; the simplified 释 is a later shortened shape.

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