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印花 (yìn huā) — printed pattern, print (on fabric, paper, etc.); (revenue) stamp, stamp duty stamp

Definition

印花 has two distinct senses: a printed pattern on fabric or paper, and an official revenue stamp (印花税 = stamp duty). Context — fabric vs. tax/finance — tells them apart.

noun
printed patternprint (on fabric, paper, etc.)(revenue) stampstamp duty stamp

Examples

  • 印花。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu shàng de yìn huā hěn piào liang.
    The print on this clothing is very beautiful.
  • 。
    Mǎi fáng zi xū yào jiāo yìn huā shuì.
    Buying a house requires paying stamp duty.
  • 印花。
    Zhè zhǒng yìn huā shì shǒu gōng yìn de.
    This kind of print is hand-printed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

印yìnprint
花huāpattern

印 means print and 花 means pattern, giving a printed pattern or the act of printing it.

Characters in this word

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

  • 爪爪zhuǎhand
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà花
Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

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