全省 (quán shěng) — the whole province

Definition

noun
the whole province

Examples

  • 全省。
    quán shěng De jīng jì fā zhǎn xùn sù.
    The province's economy is developing rapidly.
  • 全省。
    Zhè cì huó dòng fù gài quán shěng suǒ yǒu chéng shì.
    This event covers all cities in the province.
  • 全省。
    quán shěng Rén kǒu chāo guò wǔ qiān wàn.
    The province's population exceeds 50 million.

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
省shěngprovince

“全” whole + “省” province gives the entire province.

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.

The upper part of 省 is a changed form of 生, which gave the sound, while the lower 目 is an eye; the picture showed looking closely or inspecting.

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