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云集 (yún jí) — to gather in a crowd; to swarm

Definition

Literary verb meaning 'to gather / flock together in great numbers' (people, experts, visitors), as in 人才云集. More formal and written than 聚集 jùjí, and implies many coming from different places.

verb
to gather in a crowdto swarm

Examples

  • 云集。
    Zhè lǐ yún jí le lái zì shì jiè gè dì de xué zhě.
    Scholars from all over the world have gathered here.
  • ，云集。
    Měi nián chūn jié, zhè lǐ dōu yún jí zhe dà liàng yóu kè.
    Every Spring Festival, a large number of tourists gather here.
  • 云集。
    Zhè zuò xiǎo chéng yún jí le zhòng duō yì shù jiā.
    This small town has attracted many artists to gather together.

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.

云yúncloud
集jígather

云 suggests like clouds and 集 means gather, so the whole means to gather thickly.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 雲; 云 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 雲 is 雨 (rain) plus 云; 云 was the original writing for 'cloud', and 雨 was added to separate it from the borrowed sense 'to say'.

Open 云 →

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

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

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