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出版业 (chū bǎn yè) — publishing industry; publishing business

Definition

noun
publishing industrypublishing business

Examples

  • 出版业。
    Tā zài chū bǎn yè gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He worked in the publishing industry for many years.
  • 出版业。
    Zhōng guó de chū bǎn yè fā zhǎn dé hěn kuài.
    China's publishing industry has developed very fast.
  • 出版业。
    Zhè ge chéng shì de chū bǎn yè fēi cháng fā dá.
    The publishing industry in this city is very developed.

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.

出版publish
出chūbring out版bǎnprinting edition
动宾Verb + object
业yèindustry

出版业 names the 业, industry, of 出版, publishing, where 出 bring out and 版 printing edition.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

Open 出 →

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.

Open 版 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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