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狂欢节 (kuáng huān jié) — carnival

Definition

noun
carnival

Examples

  • ，狂欢节。
    Měi nián èr yuè, zhè zuò chéng shì dōu huì jǔ bàn shèng dà de kuáng huān jié.
    Every February, this city holds a grand carnival.
  • 狂欢节。
    kuáng huān jié Shàng de rén men chuān zhuó sè cǎi xiān yàn de fú zhuāng yóu xíng.
    People at the carnival parade in brightly colored costumes.
  • 狂欢节。
    Tā qù nián zài kuáng huān jié shàng pāi le wú shù zhào piàn.
    She took countless photos at the carnival last year.

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.

狂欢wild joy
狂kuángwild欢huānjoyful
偏正Modifier + head
节jiéfestival

狂 means wild, 欢 means joyful, and 节 means festival, giving a wild joyful festival.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
㞷
㞷㞷狂kuáng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

狂 pairs 犭 (dog) with 㞷, which gives the sound; 㞷 is an old form of a character meaning 'to go'.

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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 歡; 欢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn歡huān
Same sound today

The traditional form 歡 uses 雚 for the sound and 欠 for the meaning; the simplified 欢 is a later shorthand, so its parts do not carry that history.

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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 →
Appears in
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