劳动日 (láo dòng rì) — workday; working day

Definition

noun
workdayworking day
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 劳动日，。
    Jīn tiān shì wǒ de láo dòng rì, suǒ yǐ wǒ dé qù gōng sī.
    Today is my workday, so I have to go to the office.
  • 劳动日。
    Zhè ge yuè yǒu èr shí èr gè láo dòng rì.
    There are twenty-two working days this month.
  • 劳动日。
    Měi gè láo dòng rì tā dōu hěn rèn zhēn gōng zuò.
    He works very hard every workday.

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.

劳动work
劳láotoil动dòngaction
联合Side by side
日rìday

劳动 means work and 日 means day, so together they name a day of work.

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 勞; 劳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
𬡤
𬡤𬡤勞láo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 勞 uses 力 for the meaning and 𬡤 for the sound; the simplified 劳 is a later shortened shape.

Open 劳 →

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 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng動dòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

Open 动 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Open 日 →

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