全村 (quán cūn) — the whole village; the entire village

Definition

noun
the whole villagethe entire village

Examples

  • 全村
    quán cūn De rén dōu lái cān jiā zhè cì huó dòng le.
    The whole village came to participate in this event.
  • 全村
    Hóng shuǐ guò hòu, quán cūn de fáng wū dōu zāo dào le pò huài.
    After the flood, the houses in the whole village were damaged.
  • 全村
    Zhè ge jué dìng guān hū quán cūn de lì yì, bì xū shèn zhòng kǎo lǜ.
    This decision concerns the interests of the whole village and must be carefully considered.

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.

cūnvillage

全 whole and 村 village combine to mean the entire village.

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
tree
Sound part声符shēngfú
cùncūn
Same sound today

村 pairs 木 (tree) with 寸 as a sound hint; its origin is unclear.

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