忠诚度 (zhōng chéng dù) — loyalty; degree of loyalty | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

loyaltydegree of loyalty

Examples

忠诚度。
Yuán gōng de zhōng chéng dù duì qǐ yè fēi cháng zhòng yào.
Employee loyalty is very important to a company.
忠诚度。
Zhè ge pǐn pái de kè hù zhōng chéng dù hěn gāo.
This brand has very high customer loyalty.
，忠诚度。
Diào chá xiǎn shì, yòng hù de zhōng chéng dù zài zhú nián shàng shēng.
The survey shows that user loyalty is increasing year by year.

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.

忠诚loyal

忠zhōngloyal诚chéngsincere

联合Coordinate

度dùdegree

忠 and 诚 together mean loyal, and 度 gives the sense of degree.

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.

中心忠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

中

中zhōng忠zhōng

Same sound today

忠 pairs 心, meaning heart, with 中, which gives its sound.

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 誠; 诚 is its simplified writing.

言成誠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech

Sound part声符shēngfú

成

成chéng誠chéng

Same sound today

In 誠, 言 is the speech part and 成 gives the sound; this is about the traditional form 誠, not the simplified 诚.

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

又又yòuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

石

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

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