洪 (hóng) — (bound form) flood (as in 洪水, 洪灾); (bound form) vast; immense (as in 洪亮, 洪福)
Definition
洪 (hóng) is a bound morpheme — it almost never stands alone, instead attaching to another character to form nouns (洪水 flood, 洪灾 flood disaster) or adjectives (洪亮 resonant, 洪福 great fortune). The core image is overwhelming water or magnitude.
bound form
(bound form) flood (as in 洪水, 洪灾)(bound form) vastimmense (as in 洪亮, 洪福)
Examples
- ，。Qù nián xià tiān, yì chǎng hóng shuǐ xí jī le nán fāng dì qū.Last summer, a flood hit the southern region.
- ，。Tā de shēng yīn hóng liàng ér yǒu lì, xī yǐn le suǒ yǒu rén de zhù yì.His voice was sonorous and powerful, attracting everyone's attention.
- 。Zhèng fǔ bō kuǎn yòng yú hóng zāi hòu de chóng jiàn gōng zuò.The government allocated funds for reconstruction after the flood disaster.
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