纪念册 (jì niàn cè) — commemorative album, autograph book

Definition

noun

commemorative albumautograph book

Measure word · 本

纪念册。
Wǒ mǎi le yì běn jì niàn cè.
I bought a commemorative album.
纪念册。
Zhè běn jì niàn cè jì lù le wǒ men de dà xué shēng huó.
This commemorative album records our college life.
纪念册。
Tóng xué men zài jì niàn cè shàng xiě xià le zhù fú.
Classmates wrote blessings in the autograph book.

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.

纪念commemorate

联合Coordinate

纪念 (commemorate) + 册 (book) makes a commemorative album.

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 紀; 纪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

己

Same sound today

The traditional form 紀 pairs 糸, silk, with 己 as the sound part; the simplified 纪 is a shorthand.

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

亼心念

念 combines 今, an upside-down mouth, with 心, the heart, to listen to one's heart.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 冊; 册 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 冊 shows bamboo slips strung together, the pages of a book; the simplified 册 is a later shorthand.

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