巨幅 (jù fú) — (attributive) huge; large-format (of paintings, photos, banners, etc.)

Definition

Attributive adjective meaning 'huge / large-format', used only before nouns like paintings, photos, banners, or slogans to describe their great size. It describes the SCALE of the object, not its artistic quality.

adjective
(attributive) hugelarge-format (of paintings, photos, banners, etc.)

Examples

  • 巨幅。
    Bó wù guǎn rù kǒu guà zhe yì fú jù fú yóu huà.
    A huge oil painting hangs at the museum entrance.
  • 巨幅。
    Tā cóng gāo kōng pāi shè le yì zhāng jù fú quán jǐng zhào piàn.
    He took a huge panoramic photo from high altitude.
  • 巨幅。
    Guǎng chǎng shàng lì zhe jù fú de xuān chuán biāo yǔ.
    Huge promotional slogans stand in the square.

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.

巨jùhuge
幅fúwidth

巨 gives the sense of huge, and 幅 gives the sense of width or size, forming a large-format description.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
巾巾jīnclothing
Sound part声符shēngfú
畐
畐fú幅⁰fú
Same sound today

幅 is built from 巾, a component related to cloth or clothing, and 畐, which gives its sound.

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