小册子 (xiǎo cè zi) — booklet, pamphlet

Definition

noun

bookletpamphlet

Measure word · 本

小册子。
Zhè běn xiǎo cè zi jiè shào le bó wù guǎn de lì shǐ.
This booklet introduces the museum's history.
小册子。
Nǐ kě yǐ miǎn fèi ná yì běn xiǎo cè zi.
You can take a free pamphlet.
小册子。
Dǎo yóu gěi wǒ men měi rén fā le yì běn xiǎo cè zi.
The tour guide handed out a booklet to each of us.

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.

册子booklet

后缀Suffix

小 means 'small' and 册子 means 'booklet', so 小册子 is a small booklet.

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

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 冊; 册 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 冊 shows bamboo slips strung together, the pages of a book; the simplified 册 is a later shorthand.

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

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

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