合唱队 (hé chàng duì) — chorus (singing group) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

chorus (singing group)

Measure word · 个

Examples

合唱队，。
Wǒ men xué xiào yǒu yí gè hé chàng duì, měi zhōu sān pái liàn.
Our school has a chorus that rehearses every Wednesday.
合唱队。
hé chàng duì De zhǐ huī fēi cháng zhuān yè.
The conductor of the chorus is very professional.
合唱队。
Jīn wǎn hé chàng duì huì zài yīn yuè tīng yǎn chū.
The chorus will perform at the concert hall tonight.

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.

合唱sing together

合hétogether唱chàngsing

偏正Modifier + head

队duìgroup/team

“合唱” means singing together and “队” means a group, so the word names a chorus.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

亼亼jí
口口kǒumouth

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口昌唱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昌

昌chāng唱chàng

Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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