寿险 (shòu xiǎn) — life insurance | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

life insurance

Measure word · 份

寿险。
Tā mǎi le yí fèn shòu xiǎn.
He bought a life insurance policy.
寿险。
shòu xiǎn Kě yǐ bǎo zhàng jiā rén de shēng huó.
Life insurance can protect the family's livelihood.
寿险。
Zhè zhǒng shòu xiǎn bǎo fèi bǐ jiào dī.
This type of life insurance has relatively low premiums.

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.

险xiǎninsurance

「寿」life and「险」insurance mean life insurance.

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 壽; 寿 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 壽 uses 耂 for old and a sound part 𢏚, plus added decorative marks; the simplified 寿 is a later shorthand.

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 險; 险 is its simplified writing.

阝僉險

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān險

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

The traditional form 險 pairs 阝, written in full as 阜, with 僉, which gives the sound; the simplified 险 is a shorthand.

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