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作曲家 (zuò qǔ jiā) — composer

Definition

noun
composer
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 作曲家。
    Zhè wèi zuò qǔ jiā chuàng zuò le xǔ duō zhù míng de jiāo xiǎng yuè.
    This composer has created many famous symphonies.
  • 作曲家。
    Diàn yǐng zuò qǔ jiā xū yào gēn jù jù qíng lái pèi yuè.
    A film composer needs to score music according to the plot.
  • 作曲家。
    Bèi duō fēn shì lì shǐ shàng zuì wěi dà de zuò qǔ jiā zhī yī.
    Beethoven is one of the greatest composers in history.

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.

作曲compose music
作zuòcompose曲qǔmusic
动宾Verb + object
家jiāperson

'作' means compose, '曲' means music, and '家' means a person, giving a person who composes music.

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.

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

曲 is drawn as a bent object, matching the meaning 'bend'.

Open 曲 →

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.

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