全市 (quán shì) — the whole city | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the whole city

Examples

全市，。
Wèi le quán shì de ān quán, dà jiā bì xū pèi hé.
For the safety of the whole city, everyone must cooperate.
全市。
quán shì Dōu qìng zhù chūn jié.
The whole city celebrated the Spring Festival.
全市。
Zhè ge zhèng cè huì yǐng xiǎng quán shì.
This policy will affect the whole city.

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 names the whole extent, and 市 names the city.

Characters in this word

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

入入rù
玉玉yùjade

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

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

兮兮xībustling

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī市shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

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