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作息时间 (zuò xī shí jiān) — daily schedule; daily routine

Definition

noun
daily scheduledaily routine

Examples

  • 作息时间。
    Wǒ de zuò xī shí jiān hěn guī lǜ.
    My daily schedule is very regular.
  • 作息时间。
    Dà jiā yào zūn shǒu gōng sī zhì dìng de zuò xī shí jiān.
    Everyone must follow the company's set daily schedule.
  • 作息时间。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ tiáo zhěng zuò xī shí jiān.
    The doctor advised me to adjust my daily routine.

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.

作息work and rest
作zuòwork息xīrest
联合Coordinate
时间time
时shítime间jiāninterval
联合Coordinate

“作息” joins work and rest, and “时间” names the period they occupy, so the whole means a daily schedule of working and resting.

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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
乍
乍zhà作zuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

Open 作 →

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

In 息, 自 is nose and 心 is heart, showing breath or life passing through one's nose.

Open 息 →

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 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun; day
Sound part声符shēngfú
之
之zhī時shí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

Open 时 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 间 →
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