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假面舞 (jiǎ miàn wǔ) — masquerade, masked dance

Definition

noun
masquerademasked dance
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 假面舞。
    Jīn wǎn yǒu yí gè jiǎ miàn wǔ.
    There is a masquerade tonight.
  • 假面舞。
    Tā chuān le yí jiàn piào liang de qún zi qù cān jiā jiǎ miàn wǔ.
    She wore a beautiful dress to attend the masquerade.
  • 假面舞。
    Hěn duō rén dōu xǐ huan zhè yàng de jiǎ miàn wǔ.
    Many people like this kind of masquerade.

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.

假面mask
假jiǎfalse面miànface
偏正Modifier + head
舞wǔdance

A 舞 with 假面, false faces, is a masked dance.

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.

Open 假 →

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

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

Open 面 →

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
舛舛chuǎnsteps, feet in convergent direction
Sound part声符shēngfú
無
無wú舞wǔ
Same sound today

舞 combines 舛, showing feet in converging steps, with 無 above. 無 gave the sound and also preserved its older meaning of dancing, so the shape points to dancing.

Open 舞 →
Appears in
Dance & Performance

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