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歌唱家 (gē chàng jiā) — singer, vocalist

Definition

noun
singervocalist
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 歌唱家。
    Nà wèi gē chàng jiā de gē shēng fēi cháng dòng rén.
    That singer's voice is very moving.
  • 歌唱家。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng dāng yì míng gē chàng jiā.
    He has wanted to be a singer since childhood.
  • 歌唱家。
    Zhè wèi gē chàng jiā zài guó jì shàng hěn yǒu míng.
    This singer is very famous internationally.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

歌唱sing
歌gēsing唱chàngsing
联合Coordinate
家jiāexpert

歌唱 names singing and 家 points to a person skilled in it, yielding a vocalist.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiànblow
Sound part声符shēngfú
哥
哥gē歌gē
Same sound today

The shape 歌 uses 哥 for the sound and 欠, meaning blow. It came from a form of 哥 used for singing.

Open 歌 →

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
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
昌
昌chāng唱chàng
Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

Open 唱 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →
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