再版 (zài bǎn) — (noun) second edition; reprint; (verb) to reprint; to issue a second printing

Definition

noun
second editionreprint
verb
to reprintto issue a second printing

Examples

  • 再版。
    Zhè běn xiǎo shuō de zài bǎn hěn shòu huān yíng.
    The second printing of this novel is very popular.
  • 再版。
    Chū bǎn shè jué dìng zài bǎn zhè běn cí diǎn.
    The publisher decided to reprint this dictionary.
  • 再版。
    Zhè běn shū shǒu cì chū bǎn hòu hěn kuài jiù zài bǎn le.
    After its first publication, this book was quickly reprinted.

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.

再zàiagain
版bǎnedition

再 marks another occurrence, and 版 names the edition or printing.

Characters in this word

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

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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
片片piàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn版bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

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