全天 (quán tiān) — the whole day, all day long | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the whole dayall day long

Examples

全天。
quán tiān De huì yì zhōng yú jié shù le.
The all-day meeting finally ended.
全天。
Tā quán tiān dōu zài tú shū guǎn xué xí.
She studied in the library all day long.
全天，。
Zhè ge gōng yuán quán tiān kāi fàng, suí shí huān yíng yóu kè.
This park is open all day, welcoming visitors anytime.

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” gives whole and “天” gives day, together meaning the entire day.

Characters in this word

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

入入rù
玉玉yùjade

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

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng天tiān

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

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

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