星光奖 (xīng guāng jiǎng) — Starlight Award (China Television Starlight Award)

Definition

The Starlight Award is a major Chinese government television award, given by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to recognize excellence in TV programming.

noun
Starlight Award (China Television Starlight Award)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 星光奖。
    Tā píng jiè zhè bù zuò pǐn huò dé le xīng guāng jiǎng.
    He won the Starlight Award for this work.
  • 星光奖。
    xīng guāng jiǎng Shì zhōng guó diàn shì jiè de zhòng yào jiǎng xiàng zhī yī.
    The Starlight Award is one of the important awards in Chinese television.
  • 星光奖。
    Jīn nián de xīng guāng jiǎng bān jiǎng diǎn lǐ jiāng zài běi jīng jǔ xíng.
    This year's Starlight Award ceremony will be held in 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.

星光starlight
星xīngstar光guānglight
偏正Modifier + head
奖jiǎngaward

星 means star, 光 means light, and 奖 means award, so the sense is a starlight award.

Characters in this word

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

The top of 星 is a later simplified form of 晶, twinkling stars; the bottom 生 shows the sound.

Open 星 →

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Open 光 →

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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

Open 奖 →

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