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爵士乐 (jué shì yuè) — jazz (music)

Definition

noun
jazz (music)

Examples

  • 爵士乐。
    Tā tè bié xǐ huan tīng jué shì yuè.
    He really likes listening to jazz.
  • 爵士乐。
    Zhè shì yì shǒu jīng diǎn de jué shì yuè qǔ zi.
    This is a classic jazz piece.
  • 爵士乐。
    Zuó wǎn wǒ men qù le yì jiā jué shì yuè jiǔ bā.
    Last night we went to a jazz bar.

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.

爵士jazz
爵jué士shì
音译Transliteration
乐lèmusic

“爵士” sounds out “jazz” and “乐” gives music, so jazz music.

Characters in this word

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

爵 originally pictured a sparrow-shaped wine vessel, sometimes with a hand holding it. In the modern form, the vessel's parts were reshaped and separated.

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

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

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