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共有 (gòng yǒu) — to jointly possess, to share (ownership of)

Definition

Means two or more parties jointly own or share the same right or thing. The other party holds an equal share of ownership — not just access.

verb
to jointly possessto share (ownership of)

Examples

  • 共有。
    Tā men gòng yǒu zhè jiā gōng sī.
    They jointly own this company.
  • 共有。
    Wǒ men gòng yǒu zhè ge shù jù kù de fǎng wèn quán.
    We share access rights to this database.
  • 共有。
    Liǎng guó gòng yǒu zhè piàn hǎi yù de kāi fā quán.
    The two countries jointly possess the development rights to this sea area.

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.

共gòngshared
有yǒuhave

共 means shared and 有 means have, combining into jointly possessing.

Characters in this word

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

  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
  • 口口kǒuan object

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

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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
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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