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巡回演出 (xún huí yǎn chū) — to go on a performing tour; to tour (as a performer)

Definition

verb
to go on a performing tourto tour (as a performer)

Examples

  • 巡回演出。
    Zhè ge jù tuán míng nián jiāng dào ōu zhōu xún huí yǎn chū.
    This theater troupe will go on a performing tour to Europe next year.
  • 巡回演出。
    Tā men xún huí yǎn chū de xíng chéng ān pái dé fēi cháng jǐn còu.
    The schedule for their performing tour is very tight.
  • 巡回演出。
    Zhè cì xún huí yǎn chū xī yǐn le hěn duō guān zhòng.
    This performing tour attracted many audience members.

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.

巡回touring
巡xúnpatrol回huíreturn
联合Coordinate
演出performing
演yǎnperform出chūout
补充Verb + complement

巡回 'going around' and 演出 'performing' combine to mean touring performances.

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
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān巡xún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

巡 pairs 辵, a walking part, with 川 as a sound part.

Open 巡 →

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

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

Open 回 →

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

Open 演 →

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

Open 出 →
Appears in
Dance & Performance

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