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养女 (yǎng nǚ) — adopted daughter

Definition

noun
adopted daughter
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 养女。
    Zhè ge jiā tíng tōng guò hé fǎ chéng xù shōu yǎng le yǎng nǚ.
    This family adopted a daughter through legal procedures.
  • 养女，。
    Tā men duì yǎng nǚ fēi cháng téng ài, jiù xiàng qīn shēng de hái zi yí yàng.
    They love their adopted daughter very much, just like a biological child.
  • 养女，。
    Zuò wéi yǎng nǚ, tā shǐ zhōng duì yǎng fù mǔ xīn huái gǎn ēn.
    As an adopted daughter, she has always felt grateful to her adoptive parents.

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.

养yǎngadopt/raise
女nǚdaughter

养 means adopt or raise and 女 means daughter, giving adopted daughter.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

Open 养 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

Open 女 →
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