礼拜六 (lǐ bài liù) — Saturday | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Saturday

礼拜六。
Wǒ men měi gè lǐ bài liù dōu qù tī zú qiú.
We go play soccer every Saturday.
礼拜六？
Zhè ge lǐ bài liù wǎn shàng nǐ xiǎng chī shén me?
What do you want to eat this Saturday evening?
礼拜六。
Shàng ge lǐ bài liù wǒ men qù gōng yuán sàn bù le.
Last Saturday we went for a walk in the park.

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.

礼拜week

联合Coordinate

礼拜 names the week, and 六 marks the sixth day.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 禮; 礼 is its simplified writing.

礻豊禮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

礻Written in full as示shìaltar

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ禮lǐ

Same sound today

The traditional form 禮 pairs 礻 (altar) with 豊, a sound part, for performing rites at the altar; the simplified 礼 is a later shorthand.

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

拜 combines 扌 (hand, written fully as 手) with 𠦪 (herbs), showing a hand holding herbs as a gift.

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

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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