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合法性 (hé fǎ xìng) — legitimacy

Definition

noun
legitimacy

Examples

  • 合法性。
    Zhè xiàng fǎ lǜ de hé fǎ xìng shòu dào rén men huái yí.
    The legitimacy of this law is doubted by people.
  • 合法性。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de hé fǎ xìng yǐ jīng dé dào zhèng fǔ chéng rèn.
    This company's legitimacy has been recognized by the government.
  • 合法性。
    Tā de hé fǎ xìng zài zhè cì xuǎn jǔ zhōng méi yǒu wèn tí.
    His legitimacy in this election is not in question.

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.

合法legal
合héconform to法fǎlaw
动宾Verb + object
性xìngquality

合法 means conforming to law, and 性 names that quality, giving legitimacy.

Characters in this word

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

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

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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.

Open 法 →

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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →
Appears in
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