全美 (quán měi) — the entire United States; across America

Definition

noun
the entire United Statesacross America

Examples

  • 全美。
    Zhè ge xiāo xi zài quán měi yǐn qǐ le hōng dòng.
    This news caused a sensation across the entire United States.
  • 全美。
    quán měi Gè dì de huá rén dōu zài qìng zhù chūn jié.
    Chinese people all over the US are celebrating the Spring Festival.
  • 全美。
    Tā bèi píng wéi quán měi zuì jiā yùn dòng yuán.
    He was named the best athlete in the entire United States.

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
美měiAmerica

全 means whole and 美 stands for America, together giving the sense of the entire United States.

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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