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兼有 (jiān yǒu) — to possess both (features, qualities, etc.); to combine

Definition

verb
to possess both (features, qualities, etc.)to combine

Examples

  • 兼有。
    Tā jiān yǒu xué zhě hé zuò jiā de shuāng chóng shēn fèn.
    He holds the dual identity of both a scholar and a writer.
  • 兼有。
    Zhè ge fāng àn jiān yǒu chuàng xīn xìng hé kě xíng xìng.
    This plan combines both innovation and feasibility.
  • 兼有。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī jiān yǒu guó nèi hé guó wài liǎng gè shì chǎng.
    This company operates in both domestic and foreign markets.

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.

兼jiānboth
有yǒuhave

The meaning of 兼, both, shapes 有, have, into having two at once.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 兼 pictures a hand holding two grain stalks, showing two things together.

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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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