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旅程 (lǚ chéng) — journey, trip

Definition

A noun for the journey itself — the overall trip as a whole experience. Pairs with a duration or destination (一次旅程, 欧洲旅程); 旅途 emphasizes the road and what happens along the way.

noun
journeytrip
Measure word · 段

Examples

  • 旅程，。
    Zhè cì lǚ chéng suī rán xīn kǔ, dàn hěn zhí dé.
    This journey was hard but worthwhile.
  • 旅程。
    Wǒ men jì huà le yí cì ōu zhōu lǚ chéng.
    We planned a trip to Europe.
  • 旅程。
    Tā de lǚ chéng cóng běi jīng kāi shǐ.
    His journey started from Beijing.

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.

旅lǚtravel
程chéngstage/distance

“旅” (travel) and “程” (stage/distance) combine to mean a travel distance, i.e. a journey.

Characters in this word

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

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hégrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
呈
呈chéng程chéng
Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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