聚集地 (jù jí de) — gathering place, meeting point

Definition

noun
gathering placemeeting point
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 聚集地。
    Zhè ge gōng yuán shì dà jiā de jù jí de.
    This park is everyone's gathering place.
  • 聚集地。
    Dì tiě zhàn mén kǒu shì yí gè jù jí de.
    The subway station entrance is a gathering place.
  • 聚集地，。
    Xué xiào qián miàn yǒu hěn duō jù jí de, xué shēng men xǐ huan zài nà lǐ wán.
    There are many gathering places in front of the school, and students like to play there.

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.

聚集gather
聚jùgather集jígather
联合Side by side
地dìplace

聚 and 集 both mean “gather,” and 地 means “place,” giving a gathering place.

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.

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

Open 集 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →

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