纪念邮票 (jì niàn yóu piào) — commemorative stamps

Definition

noun
commemorative stamps
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 纪念邮票。
    Wǒ shōu jí le hěn duō jì niàn yóu piào.
    I have collected many commemorative stamps.
  • 纪念邮票。
    Zhè zhāng jì niàn yóu piào shì wèi le jì niàn ào yùn huì fā xíng de.
    This commemorative stamp was issued to commemorate the Olympics.
  • 纪念邮票。
    Tā bǎ jì niàn yóu piào tiē zài xìn fēng shàng jì le chū qù.
    He stuck the commemorative stamp on the envelope and mailed it.

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commemoration
纪jìrecord念niànremember
联合Side by side
邮票stamp
邮yóupost票piàoticket
偏正Modifier + head

纪念 (commemoration) and 邮票 (stamps) combine: these are stamps issued to remember an 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.

Open 纪 →

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

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

Open 念 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 郵; 邮 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 郵 pairs 垂 (“far, remote”) with 邑 (“city”) to show a relay station; the simplified 邮 is a later shorthand.

Open 邮 →

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

Open 票 →

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