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纯情 (chún qíng) — (of a person, especially a young woman) pure and innocent, naive in love; pure-hearted

Definition

Describes someone (often a young woman) whose feelings are pure, innocent, and naive in love — closer to 'pure-hearted' than romantic 'pure'. Often used to describe an unspoiled first love.

adjective
(of a person, especially a young woman) pure and innocentnaive in lovepure-hearted

Examples

  • 纯情。
    Tā shì yí gè chún qíng de shào nǚ.
    She is a pure and innocent young girl.
  • 纯情。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng shù le chún qíng de ài qíng gù shi.
    This movie tells a pure love story.
  • 纯情。
    chún qíng De tā cóng lái méi xiǎng guò bié rén huì piàn tā.
    Naive as he was, he never thought others would cheat him.

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.

纯chúnpure
情qíngfeeling/love

纯 means pure and 情 means feeling or love; together they describe a pure, innocent heart.

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 純; 纯 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
屯
屯tún純chún
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 純 pairs 糸 (thread) with 屯 as a sound part; the simplified 纯 is not the form described.

Open 纯 →

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
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →
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