赞助商 (zàn zhù shāng) — sponsor | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sponsor

Measure word · 个

赞助商。
Zhè cì huó dòng de zhǔ yào zàn zhù shāng shì yì jiā dà gōng sī.
The main sponsor of this event is a big company.
赞助商。
Hěn duō tǐ yù bǐ sài dōu yǒu zàn zhù shāng tí gōng zī jīn.
Many sports competitions have sponsors providing funds.
赞助商。
Wǒ men xū yào zhǎo dào gèng duō de zàn zhù shāng lái zhī chí zhè ge xiàng mù.
We need to find more sponsors to support this project.

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.

赞助support

联合Coordinate

赞 and 助 mean support, while 商 means business, making 赞助商 a business that supports an event.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 贊; 赞 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 赞 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (称赞, 赞赏) it is 讚; in others (赞成, 赞同) it is 贊.

This note is about the traditional form 贊. It pairs 㚘 with 貝 (money) for helping with money; the simplified 赞 is a shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

且力助

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrong arm

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

助 pairs 力, a strong arm, with 且, which gives the sound; the meaning is help with strength.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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