全景 (quán jǐng) — panorama, full view, whole scene

Definition

Refers to an all-encompassing view of an entire scene or landscape, often from a vantage point. In photography and media it also names a wide, sweeping format (as in 全景模式 'panorama mode').

noun
panoramafull viewwhole scene

Examples

  • 全景
    Cóng shān dǐng kě yǐ kàn dào chéng shì de quán jǐng.
    From the mountaintop you can see a panorama of the city.
  • 全景
    Zhè zhāng zhào piàn pāi chū le zhěng gè jǐng qū de quán jǐng.
    This photo captures the full view of the entire scenic area.
  • 全景
    quán jǐng Mó shì kě yǐ pāi chū gèng guǎng kuò de huà miàn.
    Panorama mode can take wider pictures.

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 means whole and 景 means scene, so together they denote the entire view.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
sun
Sound part声符shēngfú
jīngjǐng
Same sound today

景 has 日 (sun) with 京, which gives its sound; it originally meant sunlight.

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