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写稿 (xiě gǎo) — to write a draft or manuscript (for a publication)

Definition

写稿 is a verb-object phrase: 'to write a draft/article for publication'. The 稿 can be split off (写完了稿, 写一篇稿).

verb
to write a draft or manuscript (for a publication)

Examples

  • 写稿。
    Tā měi tiān dōu yào xiě gǎo.
    He has to write drafts every day.
  • 。
    Tā xiě le yì piān gǎo.
    He wrote a draft.
  • 。
    Tā xiě wán le gǎo.
    She finished writing the draft.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

写xiěwrite
稿gǎodraft/manuscript

“写” (write) and “稿” (draft) combine to mean compose a manuscript.

Characters in this word

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 寫; 写 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
舄
舄xì寫xiě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 寫 combines 宀 with 舄 for the sound; this note is about 寫, not the simplified 写.

Open 写 →

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
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
高
高gāo稿
Same sound today

稿 is built from 禾, which carries the meaning, and 高, which supplies the pronunciation.

Open 稿 →
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