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出版社 (chū bǎn shè) — publishing house, press (publisher)

Definition

noun
publishing housepress (publisher)
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 出版社。
    Tā zài zhè jiā chū bǎn shè gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He has worked at this publishing house for many years.
  • 出版社。
    Nà běn xiǎo shuō shì yóu yì jiā zhù míng de chū bǎn shè chū bǎn de.
    That novel was published by a famous publishing house.
  • 出版社。
    Zhè jiā chū bǎn shè zhǔ yào chū bǎn xué shù zhù zuò.
    This publishing house mainly publishes academic works.

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.

出版publish
出chūput out版bǎnedition
动宾Verb + object
社shèagency

出版 means to put out an edition, and 社 means an agency, so it names a publishing house.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

Open 出 →

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
片片piàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn版bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

Open 版 →

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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