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叫法 (jiào fǎ) — term, nomenclature, way of referring to something

Definition

叫法 refers to the term or name used for something — the word itself, not the thing named. Different from 说法, which refers to how something is said or one's account of an event.

noun
termnomenclatureway of referring to something

Examples

  • 叫法。
    Zhè zhǒng huā zài nán fāng hé běi fāng de jiào fǎ bù yí yàng.
    This flower has different names in the south and the north.
  • “”“”叫法。
    "Tǔ dòu" hé "mǎ líng shǔ" shì tóng yì zhǒng dōng xī de liǎng zhǒng jiào fǎ.
    "Tǔdòu" and "mǎlíngshǔ" are two terms for the same thing.
  • ，叫法。
    Zài zhèng shì chǎng hé, wǒ men yīng gāi yòng zhèng què de jiào fǎ chēng hu duì fāng.
    In formal situations, we should address others with the correct term.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

叫jiàocall
法fǎway

叫 (call) and 法 (way) combine to mean the way something is called.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū叫jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叫 shows a mouth 口 and a sound part 丩. The mouth fits the old sense of shouting.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

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