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用户名 (yòng hù míng) — username; user name

Definition

noun
usernameuser name

Examples

  • 用户名。
    Qǐng shū rù nín de yòng hù míng hé mì mǎ.
    Please enter your username and password.
  • 用户名，。
    Wǒ wàng le yòng hù míng, méi fǎ dēng lù.
    I forgot my username and can't log in.
  • 用户名。
    Zhù cè shí xū yào yí gè wéi yī de yòng hù míng.
    You need a unique username when registering.

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.

用户user
用yònguse户hùhousehold
偏正Modifier + head
名míngname

用户 means user and 名 means name, so the word is the name assigned to a user.

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.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

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

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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