纪念物 (jì niàn wù) — memorial object; souvenir | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

memorial objectsouvenir

Measure word · 个

Examples

纪念物。
Zhè ge jì niàn wù shì yé ye liú gěi wǒ de.
This memorial object was left to me by my grandfather.
纪念物。
Wǒ zài bó wù guǎn mǎi le yí gè xiǎo jì niàn wù.
I bought a small souvenir at the museum.
纪念物。
Zhè ge jì niàn wù ràng wǒ xiǎng qǐ nà cì lǚ xíng.
This souvenir reminds me of that trip.

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 (commemorate) and 物 (thing) combine to mean an object kept to remember someone or event.

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.

牛勿物

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

勿

勿wù物wù

Same sound today

物 puts 牛 beside 勿: 牛 gives the meaning, and 勿 gives the sound.

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