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殡仪 (bìn yí) — funeral, funeral rites (formal)

Definition

A formal noun referring to funeral rites and the services around them — almost always appears in compounds like 殡仪馆 (funeral home) and 殡仪服务 (funeral services).

noun
funeralfuneral rites (formal)

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā fù qīn qù shì hòu, jiā rén ān pái le yì jiā bìn yí guǎn.
    After his father passed away, the family arranged for a funeral home.
  • 殡仪。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhuān mén tí gōng bìn yí fú wù.
    This company specializes in providing funeral services.
  • 殡仪。
    bìn yí Chē liàng zhǔn shí dào dá le xiàn chǎng.
    The funeral vehicle arrived at the scene on time.

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.

殡bìnfuneral
仪yíceremony

殡 (funeral) and 仪 (ceremony) combine to mean funeral rites.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 殯; 殡 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
歹歹dǎi
Sound part声符shēngfú
賓
賓bīn殯bìn
Same sound today

The traditional form 殯 combines 歹 as the sense part and 賓 as the sound part.

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

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