巡演 (xún yǎn) — to go on tour (of a performance, concert, etc.)

Definition

verb

to go on tour (of a performance, concert, etc.)

巡演。
Tā men yuè duì jīn nián xià tiān jiāng jìn xíng quán guó xún yǎn.
Their band will go on a national tour this summer.
巡演。
Zhè cì xún yǎn xī yǐn le chéng qiān shàng wàn de guān zhòng.
This tour attracted tens of thousands of spectators.
巡演，。
Wǒ men jì huà zài wǔ gè chéng shì xún yǎn, měi chǎng yǎn chū dōu mǎn zuò.
We plan to go on tour in five cities, with every show sold out.

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xúntour/patrol

巡 means touring and 演 means performing, so the word describes performances on a tour.

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

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵寅演

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.

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