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聚光灯 (jù guāng dēng) — spotlight (stage light)

Definition

noun
spotlight (stage light)
Measure word · 盏

Examples

  • 聚光灯，。
    Wǔ tái shàng de jù guāng dēng tū rán liàng le, guān zhòng dōu ān jìng xià lái.
    The spotlight on the stage suddenly turned on, and the audience fell silent.
  • 聚光灯。
    Shè yǐng shī yòng jù guāng dēng gěi mó tè dǎ guāng.
    The photographer used a spotlight to light the model.
  • 聚光灯，。
    Zhè wèi yǎn yuán yì zhí huó zài jù guāng dēng xià, jī hū méi yǒu sī rén kōng jiān.
    This actor has always lived in the spotlight, with almost no private space.

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.

聚光focus light
聚jùgather光guānglight
动宾Verb + object
灯dēnglamp

Gather, light, and lamp combine to mean a lamp that focuses light.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
乑乑yínthree men
Sound part声符shēngfú
取
取qǔ聚jù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

聚 is built from 取, which gives the sound, and 乑, drawn as three men, to show people coming together.

Open 聚 →

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Open 光 →

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
火火huǒ
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng灯dēng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

灯 pairs 火, which shows fire, with 丁, which gives the sound.

Open 灯 →
Appears in
Film & Theater

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