社会党 (shè huì dǎng) — socialist party

Definition

noun
socialist party
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 社会党。
    Tā jiā rù le shè huì dǎng.
    He joined the socialist party.
  • 社会党。
    shè huì dǎng Zài xuǎn jǔ zhōng huò dé le duō shù xí wèi.
    The socialist party won a majority of seats in the election.
  • 社会党。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de shè huì dǎng lì shǐ yōu jiǔ.
    The socialist party in this country has a long history.

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.

社会socialist
社shèsociety会huìassociation
联合Side by side
党dǎngparty

社会 means 'socialist' here, and 党 means 'party', so the word names a socialist party.

Characters in this word

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

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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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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
儿儿érhuman
Sound part声符shēngfú
尚
尚shàng党dǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

党 pairs 尚, giving its sound, with 儿, a human.

Open 党 →

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