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男爵 (nán jué) — baron

Definition

noun
baron
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 男爵。
    Zhè wèi nán jué zài lì shǐ shàng hěn yǒu míng.
    This baron is very famous in history.
  • 男爵。
    Tā de nán jué chēng hào shì cóng fù qīn nà lǐ jì chéng de.
    His title of baron was inherited from his father.
  • 男爵。
    Wǒ men cān guān le yí zuò nán jué de gǔ lǎo chéng bǎo.
    We visited an ancient castle belonging to a baron.

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.

男nánlower noble rank
爵juétitle

男 means a lower noble rank and 爵 means title, so it denotes a baron.

Characters in this word

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

男 is made from 田, a field, and 力, strength. It shows a man working with strength in a field.

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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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