大伙儿 (dà huǒ r) — everybody, everyone

Definition

大伙儿 is the casual, spoken form of 大家, with an -r sound for warmth. Use it like 大家; 各位/诸位 are the polite, formal alternatives when addressing a group.

pronoun

everybodyeveryone

大伙儿。
dà huǒ r Dōu tóng yì zhè ge jì huà.
Everyone agrees with this plan.
大伙儿。
Míng tiān dà huǒ r yì qǐ qù pá shān ba.
Let's all go hiking together tomorrow.
大伙儿，。
dà huǒ r Bié zháo jí, màn màn lái.
Don't worry, everyone; take your time.

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.

大伙everybody

偏正Modifier + head

儿érerhua suffix

大 (big) and 伙 (group) combine for the whole group, and 儿 adds the colloquial erhua ending.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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 夥; 伙 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 伙 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (大伙儿, 伙) it is 夥; in others (小伙子) it is 伙.

果多夥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

果

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 夥 combines 多 (many) with 果 as a sound part. The simplified 伙 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

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