丰姿 (fēng zī) — (literary) graceful bearing; elegant demeanor; good looks (of posture and manner)

Definition

Literary noun for graceful bearing and elegant demeanor, usually of a person's posture or looks. Less common than the everyday 姿容; 丰姿 is reserved for poetic or written contexts.

noun
(literary) graceful bearingelegant demeanorgood looks (of posture and manner)
Easily confused

Examples

  • ，丰姿，。
    Tā zhàn zài chuāng qián, fēng zī chuò yuē, lìng rén nán wàng.
    She stood by the window, her graceful bearing unforgettable.
  • ，丰姿。
    Zhè wèi huà jiā de bǐ xià, rén wù de fēng zī xǔ xǔ rú shēng.
    In this painter's works, the figures' elegant demeanor is lifelike.
  • ，丰姿。
    Tā suī yǐ nián guò bàn bǎi, dàn fēng zī bù jiǎn dāng nián.
    Though he is over fifty, his graceful bearing is as good as ever.

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.

丰fēngabundant/full
姿zībearing

丰 gives abundant/full and 姿 gives bearing, together graceful charm.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 豐; 丰 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 豐, the drawing shows a pot full of plants above another pot. The simplified 丰 is the form you are learning.

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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
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
次
次cì姿zī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

姿 pairs 女, meaning woman, with 次, which gives the sound.

Open 姿 →

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