双鱼 (shuāng yú) — Pisces (astrological sign) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

双鱼 (Pisces) refers to the twelfth Western zodiac sign. It is almost always used with 座 as 双鱼座 to mean the astrological sign, not the fish itself.

noun

Pisces (astrological sign)

Examples

双鱼。
Wǒ shì shuāng yú zuò de.
I am a Pisces.
双鱼，。
shuāng yú Zuò de rén tōng cháng hěn gǎn xìng, yě hěn yǒu chuàng zào lì.
Pisces people are usually very emotional and creative.
双鱼。
shuāng yú Zuò shì shí èr xīng zuò zhōng de zuì hòu yí gè.
Pisces is the last sign among the twelve zodiac signs.

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.

双 means a pair, and 鱼 means fish; together they name the two-fish sign.

Characters in this word

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

又又双

又又yòu
又又yòu

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

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