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全镇 (quán zhèn) — the whole town; the entire town

Definition

noun
the whole townthe entire town

Examples

  • 全镇。
    quán zhèn De rén dōu lái cān jiā huó dòng le.
    The whole town came to participate in the event.
  • 全镇。
    quán zhèn Zhǐ yǒu yì jiā yī yuàn.
    The entire town has only one hospital.
  • 全镇。
    quán zhèn Dōu zài qìng zhù xīn nián.
    The whole town is celebrating the New Year.

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
镇zhèntown

全 whole and 镇 town combine to mean the entire town.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鎮; 镇 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
真
真zhēn鎮zhèn
Same sound today

The traditional form 鎮 uses 金, metal, and 真, which gave its sound; it depicted pressing down with a metal weight. The simplified 镇 is a later abbreviation.

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