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情诗 (qíng shī) — love poem

Definition

noun
love poem
Measure word · 首

Examples

  • 情诗。
    Tā xiě le yì shǒu qíng shī sòng gěi nǚ péng you.
    He wrote a love poem for his girlfriend.
  • 情诗。
    Zhè shǒu shī shì táng dài zuì zhù míng de qíng shī zhī yī.
    This poem is one of the most famous love poems of the Tang Dynasty.
  • 情诗。
    Tā xǐ huan zài yǔ tiān dú gǔ dài de qíng shī.
    She likes reading ancient love poems on rainy days.

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.

情qínglove
诗shīpoem

情 refers to love and 诗 to poem, so it names a poem about love.

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
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →

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 詩; 诗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì詩shī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 詩 combines 言 (speech) with 寺 as a sound part, because poetry is a kind of speech; the simplified 诗 is a later abbreviation.

Open 诗 →
Appears in
Literature & PoetryRomance & Marriage

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