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摇滚 (yáo gǔn) — rock and roll; rock music

Definition

noun
rock and rollrock music
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 摇滚。
    Wǒ cóng xiǎo jiù xǐ huan yáo gǔn.
    I've liked rock music since I was little.
  • 摇滚。
    Tā zhōu mò qù tīng le yì chǎng yáo gǔn yīn yuè huì.
    He went to a rock concert on the weekend.
  • 摇滚。
    yáo gǔn Zài zhōng guó yuè lái yuè liú xíng le.
    Rock music is getting more and more popular in China.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

摇yáoshake
滚gǔnroll

摇 and 滚 give shaking and rolling, naming rock music by its motion.

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 滾; 滚 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
袞
袞gǔn滾gǔn
Same sound today

The traditional form 滾 pairs 水 (water) with 袞, which supplies the pronunciation. The simplified 滚 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical 袞.

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