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散伙 (sàn huǒ) — (of a group, team, or romantic couple) to break up, to disband

Definition

散伙 (sàn huǒ) means a group, team, or couple breaks up and stops being together — stronger and more final than 分手, which is used mainly for romantic couples and breakup of a relationship.

verb
(of a group, team, or romantic couple) to break upto disband

Examples

  • 散伙。
    Yuè duì yīn wèi jīng jì wèn tí sàn huǒ le.
    The band broke up because of financial problems.
  • 。
    Tā men chǎo le yí jià zhī hòu jiù sàn le huǒ.
    After they had a big fight, they broke up.
  • 散伙。
    Zhè ge tuán duì yǐ jīng sàn huǒ sān nián le.
    This team has been disbanded for three years.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

散sàndisperse
伙huǒgroup/partnership

散 means to disperse and 伙 means a group or partnership, so the word means to break up a group.

Characters in this word

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

  • 林林líntrees, forest
  • 攴攴pūto knock, to tap

散 combines 林 (trees or forest) and 攴 (to knock or tap), originally showing knocking to clear vegetation, later extended to breaking up or dispersing.

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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 夥; 伙 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 伙 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (大伙儿, 伙) it is 夥; in others (小伙子) it is 伙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
多多duō
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ夥huǒ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 夥 combines 多 (many) with 果 as a sound part. The simplified 伙 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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