纪念照 (jì niàn zhào) — commemorative photo, souvenir photo | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

commemorative photosouvenir photo

Measure word · 张

Examples

纪念照。
Wǒ men pāi le yì zhāng jì niàn zhào.
We took a commemorative photo.
纪念照。
Zhè zhāng jì niàn zhào shì zài cháng chéng pāi de.
This commemorative photo was taken at the Great Wall.
纪念照。
Tā bǎ jì niàn zhào fàng zài hé zi lǐ.
He put the commemorative photo in the box.

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.

纪念commemorate

纪jìrecord念niànremember

联合Side by side

纪念 supplies the commemorative purpose, and 照 names the photo.

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

己jǐ紀jì

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

亼今jīnupside-down mouth
心心xīnheart

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

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

灬昭照

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

昭

昭zhāo照zhào

Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

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