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定居点 (dìng jū diǎn) — settlement (for herders, nomads, or other groups)

Definition

noun
settlement (for herders, nomads, or other groups)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 定居点。
    Zhè ge dìng jū diǎn wèi yú cǎo yuán shēn chù.
    This settlement is located deep in the grassland.
  • 定居点。
    Mù mín men zài zhè ge dìng jū diǎn shēng huó le shàng bǎi nián.
    The herders have lived in this settlement for over a hundred years.
  • 定居点。
    Zhèng fǔ wèi yóu mù mín zú jiàn lì le xīn de dìng jū diǎn.
    The government built a new settlement for the nomadic people.

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.

定居settle
定dìngsettle居jūdwell
联合Coordinate
点diǎnplace

定 and 居 express settling and dwelling; 点 names a place where people live.

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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng定dìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

定 is built from 宀 and 正, with 正 supplying the sound.

Open 定 →

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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
古
古gǔ居jū
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

居 is built from 尸 as the meaning part and 古 (gǔ) as the sound part.

Open 居 →

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 點; 点 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
黑黑hēiblack
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn點diǎn(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 點 pairs 黑 (black) with 占 for its sound; the simplified 点 is a later abbreviation.

Open 点 →
Appears in
Countryside & Rural

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