综合性 (zōng hé xìng) — comprehensiveness; synthetic nature; integrated quality

Definition

A noun meaning the quality of being comprehensive and integrated, used to describe a project, discipline, or system that combines many parts into a unified whole. Often pairs with 强/具有 to say something is broad and all-encompassing.

noun
comprehensivenesssynthetic natureintegrated quality

Examples

  • 综合性。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù jù yǒu hěn qiáng de zōng hé xìng.
    This project has strong comprehensiveness.
  • 综合性。
    Bào gào de jié gòu tǐ xiàn le xué kē de zōng hé xìng.
    The structure of the report reflects the integrated nature of the discipline.
  • 综合性。
    Dà xué jiào yù zhù zhòng zhī shi de zōng hé xìng.
    University education emphasizes the comprehensiveness of knowledge.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

综合combine
综zōngcombine合héjoin
联合Side by side
性xìngquality/ness

综合 means to combine and 性 points to the quality of being combined, giving comprehensiveness.

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 綜; 综 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
宗
宗zōng綜zōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 綜 places 糸 beside 宗, with 宗 giving the sound; the simplified 综 is a shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical parts.

Open 综 →

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

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

Open 合 →

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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →

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