夜生活 (yè shēng huó) — nightlife | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

nightlife

Examples

夜生活。
Zhè ge chéng shì de yè shēng huó hěn rè nao.
The nightlife in this city is very lively.
夜生活，。
Wǒ bù xǐ huan yè shēng huó, gèng xǐ huan zài jiā xiū xi.
I don't like nightlife; I prefer to rest at home.
夜生活。
Nián qīng rén duì yè shēng huó hěn gǎn xìng qù.
Young people are very interested in nightlife.

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.

生活life

生shēnglive活huóalive

联合Coordinate

夜 “night” and 生活 “life” form life taking place after dark.

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

夕夕xīmoon

Sound part声符shēngfú

亦

亦yì夜yè

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

The form 夜 pairs 亦 as a sound part with 夕 as a moon part, for night. In the modern shape, the 亦 part is broken up and one stroke merges into 夕.

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

屮屮chèbud
一一yīground

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠯑

𠯑𠯑活huó

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

活 is built from 氵 (water) and 𠯑, which shows the sound; 𠯑 later changed into 舌.

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