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阴谋家 (yīn móu jiā) — schemer; conspirator

Definition

noun
schemerconspirator
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 阴谋家。
    Zhè wèi bèi chēng wéi yīn móu jiā de rén wù zuì zhōng bèi lì shǐ jiē chuān le.
    This figure, known as a schemer, was ultimately exposed by history.
  • 阴谋家。
    Diàn yǐng lǐ nà ge yīn móu jiā cè huà le zhěng chǎng zhèng biàn.
    The conspirator in the movie orchestrated the entire coup.
  • 阴谋家。
    Zhēn zhèng de yīn móu jiā wǎng wǎng biǎo miàn zhuāng zuò wú hài.
    A true schemer often pretends to be harmless on the surface.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

阴谋
阴yīnsecret谋móuplot
偏正Modifier + head
家jiāperson

A 家 linked to 阴谋, secret plotting, is a schemer.

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 陰; 阴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
侌
侌yīn陰yīn
Same sound today

The traditional form 陰 combines 阜, the meaning part, with 侌, the sound part. The simplified 阴 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 阴 →

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 謀; 谋 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
某
某mǒu謀móu
Same sound today

The traditional form 謀 uses 言 to show it relates to speech and 某 to show its sound; the simplified 谋 is a later shorthand.

Open 谋 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →
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