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批评家 (pī píng jiā) — critic

Definition

noun
critic
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 批评家。
    Zhè wèi pī píng jiā duì zhè bù diàn yǐng de píng jià hěn jiān ruì.
    This critic's review of the movie is very sharp.
  • 批评家，。
    Zuò wéi wén xué pī píng jiā, tā dú guò hěn duō jīng diǎn zuò pǐn.
    As a literary critic, he has read many classic works.
  • 批评家。
    Zhè wèi shè huì pī píng jiā jīng cháng zài bào zhǐ shàng fā biǎo wén zhāng.
    This social critic often publishes articles in newspapers.

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.

批评criticize
批pīcensure评píngevaluate
联合Coordinate
家jiāperson

批评 denotes evaluating or censuring, and 家 marks a person who does this.

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
比
比bǐ批pī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

批 puts 手 (hand) beside 比, which gives the sound.

Open 批 →

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 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

Open 评 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →
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