美联社 (Měi lián shè) — Associated Press (AP)

Definition

noun

Associated Press (AP)

Measure word · 家

美联社。
Měi lián shè Fā bù le yì piān guān yú qì hòu biàn huà de bào dào.
The Associated Press published a report on climate change.
美联社。
Zhè piān xīn wén lái zì Měi lián shè.
This news comes from the Associated Press.
美联社。
Měi lián shè De jì zhě zài xiàn chǎng jìn xíng le cǎi fǎng.
A reporter from the Associated Press conducted interviews at the scene.

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.

联社associated agency

联liánassociated社shèagency

偏正Modifier + head

美 points to America, while 联 and 社 combine to suggest an associated agency.

Characters in this word

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.