混血儿 (hùn xuè ér) — person of mixed ethnicity; mixed-race person

Definition

noun

person of mixed ethnicitymixed-race person

Measure word · 个

混血儿，，。
Tā shì yì míng hùn xuè ér, fù qīn shì zhōng guó rén, mǔ qīn shì měi guó rén.
He is a mixed-race person; his father is Chinese and his mother is American.
混血儿。
Zhè ge hùn xuè ér huì shuō sān zhǒng yǔ yán.
This mixed-race child speaks three languages.
混血儿。
Hěn duō hùn xuè ér dōu yǒu fēi cháng piào liang de yǎn jing.
Many mixed-race people have very beautiful eyes.

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.

混血mixed blood

动宾Verb + object

混 and 血 describe mixed blood, and 儿 identifies a person.

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.

氵昆混

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

昆

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

混 pairs 氵 (water) on the left with 昆 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

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