文摘 (wén zhāi) — abstract (summary of a text); digest (collectio… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

abstract (summary of a text)digest (collection of summaries)

Examples

文摘。
Zhè běn wén zhāi shōu lù le zuì jìn fā biǎo de suǒ yǒu xiāng guān lùn wén.
This digest contains all the recently published relevant papers.
文摘。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu huì yuè dú jīng jì wén zhāi lái liǎo jiě zuì xīn dòng tài.
I read the economic digest every day to stay updated on the latest developments.
文摘，。
Zhè piān wén zhāi de nèi róng fēi cháng jiǎn jié, zhǐ yǒu liǎng yè.
The content of this abstract is very concise, only two pages.

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.

摘zhāiextract

文 (text) + 摘 (extract) forms a summary extracted from a text.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌啇摘

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

啇

啇dí摘zhāi

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

摘 is made from 扌, a hand, and 啇, which gives its sound.

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