装订 (zhuāng dìng) — to bind (books, documents) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to bind (books, documents)

Examples

装订。
Zhè běn shū xū yào chóng xīn zhuāng dìng yí xià.
This book needs to be rebound.
装订。
Tā bǎ lùn wén ná dào dǎ yìn diàn qù zhuāng dìng le.
He took his thesis to the print shop to get it bound.
装订。
Shǒu gōng zhuāng dìng de shū jí zhì liàng hěn gāo.
Hand-bound books are of very high quality.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

装 and 订 both describe putting pages together, together naming bookbinding.

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

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 訂; 订 is its simplified writing.

言丁訂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng訂dìng

Same sound today

The traditional form 訂 combines 言, related to speech, with 丁, which gives the sound; the simplified 订 is a later shorthand.

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