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全副 (quán fù) — fully; completely; whole (in the sense of a full set or full amount)

Definition

An adverb meaning 'complete/whole' that goes BEFORE a measure phrase like 全副精力 or 全副武装, stressing that the entire set is involved. It pairs with collective nouns (精力, 武装, 配合), unlike a plain 全然.

adverb
fullycompletelywhole (in the sense of a full set or full amount)

Examples

  • 全副。
    Tā quán fù wǔ zhuāng zhǔn bèi chū fā.
    He was fully armed and ready to go.
  • 全副。
    Tā jiāng quán fù jīng lì dōu tóu rù dào yán jiū zhōng.
    She devoted all her energy to research.
  • 全副。
    Zhè ge jì huà xū yào quán fù pèi hé cái néng wán chéng.
    This plan requires full cooperation to be completed.

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.

全quánwhole
副fùset

全 (whole) and 副 (a set) combine to mean the entire set.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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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
刂Written in full as刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
畐
畐fú副fù
Same sound today

副 is built from 畐, which gives its sound, and 刂, a form of the knife 刀.

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