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季节性 (jì jié xìng) — seasonal

Definition

adjective
seasonal

Examples

  • 季节性。
    Zhè zhǒng jí bìng de fā bìng lǜ yǒu jì jié xìng tè diǎn.
    The incidence of this disease has seasonal characteristics.
  • 季节性。
    Lǚ yóu yè de jì jié xìng bō dòng fēi cháng míng xiǎn.
    The seasonal fluctuations in tourism are very obvious.
  • 季节性。
    Tā men gēn jù jì jié xìng xū qiú tiáo zhěng shēng chǎn jì huà.
    They adjust production plans according to seasonal demand.

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.

季节season
季jìseason节jiéseason
联合Coordinate
性xìngquality

季节 means season, and 性 expresses the quality of being like it, giving seasonal.

Characters in this word

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

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.

Open 季 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →

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
Climate & Seasons

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