典型性 (diǎn xíng xìng) — typicalness; representativeness

Definition

A formal, abstract noun meaning 'how typical or representative something is' — used in academic and analytical writing to judge whether a case or sample stands for a larger whole.

typicalnessrepresentativeness

Examples

  • 典型性。
    Zhè xiàng yán jiū jù yǒu hěn qiáng de diǎn xíng xìng.
    This research has strong typicalness.
  • 典型性，。
    Zhè ge àn lì de diǎn xíng xìng fēi cháng gāo, kě yǐ zuò wéi cān kǎo.
    The representativeness of this case is very high; it can serve as a reference.
  • 典型性。
    Wǒ men xū yào fēn xī zhè xiē shù jù de diǎn xíng xìng.
    We need to analyze the representativeness of this data.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

典型model
典diǎnmodel型xíngpattern
联合Side by side
性xìngproperty

典型 names a model or typical case, and 性 adds the sense of a quality, giving typicalness.

Characters in this word

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

  • 冊冊cèbooks
  • 丌丌qítable

典 puts 冊 (books) on a 丌 (table), showing official books resting on a table.

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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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
刑
刑xíng型xíng
Same sound today

型 pairs 土 (earth) with 刑, which supplies the sound; the shape shows an earthen mold, hence form or pattern.

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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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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