全优 (quán yōu) — overall excellence; excellent in every aspect (especially academic subjects)

Definition

A noun meaning 'excellence across the board,' most often used in academic or performance evaluations — every subject or criterion rated as top-tier.

noun
overall excellenceexcellent in every aspect (especially academic subjects)

Examples

  • 全优。
    Zhè ge xué qī tā měi mén kè dōu dé le quán yōu.
    This semester he got excellent in every subject.
  • 全优。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de chǎn pǐn zhì liàng bèi píng wéi quán yōu.
    This company's product quality is rated as excellent in all aspects.
  • 全优。
    Tā de gōng zuò biǎo xiàn dá dào le quán yōu.
    His work performance has reached overall excellence.

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.

全quánall
优yōuexcellent

全 means all or entirely, and 优 means excellent, so it describes excellence in every aspect.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
憂
憂yōu優yōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

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