赘 (zhuì) — superfluous, redundant, unnecessary (in compounds like 赘述, 赘言); burdensome, cumbersome (in 累赘); (historical) a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family (as in 赘婿)
Definition
Bound morpheme, almost always appearing in compounds. Carries the sense of 'extra / burdensome' (累赘, 赘述) and also the historical meaning of a son-in-law marrying into the wife's family (赘婿).
bound form
superfluousredundantunnecessary (in compounds like 赘述, 赘言)burdensomecumbersome (in 累赘)(historical) a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family (as in 赘婿)
Examples
- 赘。Zhè jiàn shì nǐ jiù bú yòng zài zhuì shù le.You don't need to repeat that matter again.
- ，。Zhè xiē xíng li tài léi zhuì le, wǒ men rēng diào yì xiē ba.These bags are too burdensome—let's throw some away.
- ，赘。Zài gǔ dài, zhuì xù de shè huì dì wèi hěn dī.In ancient times, a son-in-law living with his wife's family had very low social status.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 贅; 赘 is its simplified writing.
- 敖敖áoramble; travel
- 貝貝bèimoney
The traditional form 贅 puts together 敖 (ramble; travel) and 貝 (money), describing money that goes away and ought to be taken back. The simplified 赘 is a shorter form.
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