文明人 (wén míng rén) — civilized person; well-educated person; person…

Definition

noun

civilized personwell-educated personperson of culture and refinement

Measure word · 个

文明人，。
Zuò wéi yí gè wén míng rén, tā cóng bù suí dì tǔ tán huò chā duì.
As a civilized person, he never spits on the ground or cuts in line.
，，文明人。
Tā bù jǐn xué shí yuān bó, dài rén jiē wù yě hěn yǒu lǐ mào, shì zhēn zhèng de wén míng rén.
She is not only learned but also polite in dealing with people — a truly well-educated person.
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Yě mán hé wén míng rén de qū bié zài yú shì fǒu zūn zhòng tā rén.
The difference between barbarism and civilization lies in whether you respect others.

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.

文明civilized

文wénrefinement明míngbrightness

联合Side by side

文明, meaning civilized, and 人, meaning person, together give a civilized person.

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.

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

日月明

明 combines 日 (sun) and 月 (moon), showing the sun just rising while the moon has not yet set, or two bright objects in the sky, to express brightness.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.