全称 (quán chēng) — full name; complete title

Definition

noun
full namecomplete title

Examples

  • 全称。
    Tā de quán chēng shì wáng xiǎo míng.
    His full name is Wang Xiaoming.
  • 全称。
    Zhè ge gōng sī de quán chēng shì běi jīng kē jì yǒu xiàn gōng sī.
    The full name of this company is Beijing Technology Co., Ltd.
  • 全称《》。
    Zhè běn shū de quán chēng shì 《hóng lóu mèng》.
    The complete title of this book is Dream of the Red Chamber.

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quánwhole
称chēngname

全 (whole) and 称 (name) together give the complete name or title.

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 稱; 称 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hérice
Sound part声符shēngfú
爯
爯chēng稱chēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 稱 pairs 禾 (rice) with 爯, a part giving the sound; it is explained as measuring rice. The simplified 称 is a later shorthand.

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