幻术 (huàn shù) — magic (stage illusion, conjuring)

Definition

幻术 (huàn shù) means stage magic / conjuring — the skill of performing illusions like making objects appear or disappear. It focuses on the craft or art form itself, rather than 魔术 the performance/show.

noun
magic (stage illusion, conjuring)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 幻术。
    Zuó tiān wǒ qù kàn le yì chǎng jīng cǎi de huàn shù biǎo yǎn.
    Yesterday I went to see a wonderful magic show.
  • 幻术。
    Tā huā le sān nián shí jiān xué xí huàn shù.
    He spent three years learning magic.
  • 幻术。
    Zhè wèi huàn shù dà shī néng zài jǐ fēn zhōng nèi bǎ gē zi biàn chū lái.
    This master magician can make a pigeon appear in a few minutes.

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.

幻huànillusion
术shùtechnique

幻 gives illusion and 术 gives technique, together meaning conjuring or stage magic.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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