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交际舞 (jiāo jì wǔ) — ballroom dancing; social dancing

Definition

noun
ballroom dancingsocial dancing
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 交际舞。
    Tā měi zhōu dōu qù lǎo nián dà xué xué jiāo jì wǔ.
    She goes to the senior university every week to learn ballroom dancing.
  • 交际舞。
    jiāo jì wǔ Zài guó jì shàng yǒu hěn duō zhǒng bù tóng de liú pài.
    There are many different schools of ballroom dancing internationally.
  • 交际舞。
    Tā men cháng cháng zài guǎng chǎng shàng tiào jiāo jì wǔ.
    They often dance ballroom on the square.

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.

交际social contact
交jiāoassociate际jìcontact
联合Coordinate
舞wǔdance

The 交际 sense of contact between people describes the kind of 舞, a dance done socially.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

交 originally drew a human with crossed legs. In the modern shape, the upper part resembles a standing person.

Open 交 →

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 際; 际 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
祭
祭jì際⁰jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 際 pairs 阝 with 祭: 阝 gives the meaning and 祭 gives the sound. The simplified 际 is a later shorthand.

Open 际 →

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
舛舛chuǎnsteps, feet in convergent direction
Sound part声符shēngfú
無
無wú舞wǔ
Same sound today

舞 combines 舛, showing feet in converging steps, with 無 above. 無 gave the sound and also preserved its older meaning of dancing, so the shape points to dancing.

Open 舞 →
Appears in
Dance & Performance

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