路透社 (Lù tòu shè) — Reuters News Agency

Definition

noun
Reuters News Agency

Examples

  • 路透社。
    Wǒ měi tiān dōu kàn Lù tòu shè de xīn wén.
    I read Reuters' news every day.
  • 路透社。
    Lù tòu shè De jì zhě bào dào le zhè cì huì yì.
    Reuters' reporters covered this meeting.
  • 路透社。
    Zhè piān Lù tòu shè de bào dào xiě dé hěn hǎo.
    This Reuters report is well written.

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.

路透Reuters
路lù透tòu
联绵Bound pair
社shèagency

路透 spells Reuters and 社 means agency, giving the name Reuters agency.

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
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Open 路 →

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
辵辵chuòwalking
Sound part声符shēngfú
秀
秀xiù透tòu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 透 has 辵, a walking part, and 秀, which provides the sound.

Open 透 →

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →

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