兴旺 (xīng wàng) — prosperous, thriving | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

兴隆 is the everyday 'flourishing' for businesses and families; 兴盛 is more written/formal. 昌盛 sounds most bookish, usually for a nation or culture.

adjective

prosperousthriving

Examples

兴旺。
Zhè ge guó jiā de jīng jì fēi cháng xīng wàng.
This country's economy is very prosperous.
兴旺。
Tā men jiā jǐ dài rén dōu hěn xīng wàng.
Their family has been prosperous for generations.
，兴旺。
Jīng guò gǎi gé, zhè ge dì qū biàn de hěn xīng wàng.
After reform, this region became very prosperous.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

兴xīngprosper

旺wàngflourishing

兴旺 combines prosper and flourishing, giving a thriving sense.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

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

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

往

往wǎng旺wàng

Same sound today

An earlier form paired 日 (sun) with 往 for the sound; the modern 旺 is understood as 日 plus a right-side part.

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