强制性 (qiáng zhì xìng) — mandatory nature; compulsory nature

Definition

mandatory naturecompulsory nature

Examples

  • 强制性。
    Zhè ge tiáo kuǎn jù yǒu fǎ lǜ shàng de qiáng zhì xìng.
    This clause has a mandatory legal nature.
  • 强制性。
    Shí xíng qiáng zhì xìng zhèng cè kě néng huì yǐn qǐ zhēng yì.
    Implementing mandatory policies may cause controversy.
  • 强制性。
    Jiào yù zhōng de qiáng zhì xìng bù néng hū shì xué shēng de xìng qù.
    The compulsory nature in education cannot ignore students' interests.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

强制forceful control
强qiángforceful制zhìcontrol
偏正Modifier + head
性xìngquality

强制 gives the idea of forceful control, and 性 adds the sense of a quality.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 強; 强 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 強 pairs an insect component with a sound component; this explains 強, not the simplified 强.

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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