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母亲节 (mǔ qīn jié) — Mother's Day

Definition

noun
Mother's Day

Examples

  • 母亲节。
    Měi nián de wǔ yuè dì èr gè xīng qī rì shì mǔ qīn jié.
    Mother's Day is on the second Sunday of May every year.
  • 母亲节。
    Wǒ sòng mā ma yí shù huā zuò wéi mǔ qīn jié lǐ wù.
    I gave my mom a bouquet of flowers as a Mother's Day gift.
  • 母亲节。
    mǔ qīn jié Nà tiān wǒ men quán jiā yì qǐ chī le dùn fàn.
    On Mother's Day, our whole family had a meal together.

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.

母亲mother
母mǔmother亲qīnparent
偏正Modifier + head
节jiéfestival

母亲 (mother) and 节 (festival) together mean Mother's Day.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 母 →

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 親; 亲 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn親qīn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 親 uses 見 (see) for sense and 辛 (a chisel) for sound; the simplified 亲 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 亲 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →
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