译文 (yì wén) — translated text; translation

Definition

noun

translated texttranslation

Measure word · 篇

Easily confused

译文。
Zhè shì yì piān hǎo de yì wén.
This is a good translation.
译文。
Qǐng bǎ yì wén hé yuán wén duì bǐ yí xià.
Please compare the translation with the original text.
译文。
Tā de yì wén zhōng shí yú yuán wén.
His translation is faithful to the original.

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.

译yìtranslation

译 as translation and 文 as text combine to mean a translated text.

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 譯; 译 is its simplified writing.

言睪譯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

睪

睪yì譯yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 譯 uses 言 (say) with 睪 for its sound; the simplified 译 is a later shorthand.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.