协奏曲 (xié zòu qǔ) — concerto | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

concerto

协奏曲。
Bèi duō fēn de zhè shǒu xié zòu qǔ fēi cháng yǒu míng.
This concerto of Beethoven's is very famous.
协奏曲。
Tā zhèng zài yǎn zòu yì shǒu gāng qín xié zòu qǔ.
She is performing a piano concerto.
协奏曲。
Wǒ zuì xǐ huan de xié zòu qǔ shì mò zhā tè de zuò pǐn.
My favorite concerto is a work by Mozart.

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.

协奏concerted performance

偏正Modifier + head

协 means joint, 奏 means perform, and 曲 means piece; together they denote a piece for joint performance.

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 協; 协 is its simplified writing.

十劦協

The traditional form 協 uses 劦, meaning 'to collaborate', plus 十 for sound; the simplified 协 is a later shorthand.

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

The shape of 奏 pictures hands holding an object, perhaps an instrument used in a ritual, or hands collecting resin dripping from a cut tree.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

曲 is drawn as a bent object, matching the meaning 'bend'.

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