后座 (hòu zuò) — back seat (of a car or vehicle); pillion (seat…

Definition

noun

back seat (of a car or vehicle)pillion (seat on a motorcycle)

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Examples

后座。
Qǐng zuò zài hòu zuò.
Please sit in the back seat.
后座。
Tā zuò zài mó tuō chē de hòu zuò shàng.
She sat on the pillion of the motorcycle.
后座。
hòu zuò Kōng jiān hěn dà.
The back seat has a lot of space.

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.

后hòuback

座zuòseat

后 gives the back location, and 座 gives the seat.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

幺幺yāothread
夊夊suīfoot

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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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.

广坐座

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse on cliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

坐

坐zuò座zuò

Same sound today

座 pairs 广, a house on a cliff, with 坐 to give the sound.

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