做礼拜 (zuò lǐ bài) — to go to church, to attend church service | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Verbal phrase meaning 'to attend a church service' (lit. 'do worship'). Collocates naturally with 去 (go to) — 去�的礼拜 'go to church' is the everyday form.

verb

to go to churchto attend church service

Examples

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Tā měi gè xīng qī tiān dōu qù zuò zuò lǐ bài.
He goes to church every Sunday.
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Jīn tiān zǎo shàng mā ma hé bà ba yì qǐ qù zuò zuò lǐ bài le.
This morning mom and dad went to church together.
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Tā qù nián zài zhè ge jiào táng zuò le yí gè lǐ bài.
Last year he attended a church service at this church.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

礼拜worship

礼lǐrite拜bàibow

联合Coordinate

做 “do” and 礼拜 “worship” combine to mean attending church.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 禮; 礼 is its simplified writing.

礻豊禮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

礻Written in full as示shìaltar

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ禮lǐ

Same sound today

The traditional form 禮 pairs 礻 (altar) with 豊, a sound part, for performing rites at the altar; the simplified 礼 is a later shorthand.

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

扌手shǒuhand
𠦪𠦪𠦪herbs

拜 combines 扌 (hand, written fully as 手) with 𠦪 (herbs), showing a hand holding herbs as a gift.

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