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列举 (liè jǔ) — to list, to enumerate

Definition

列举 means to itemize or enumerate one by one — a written/formal verb for listing items, facts, or reasons. 数 is used for counting, not for laying out a list.

verb
to listto enumerate

Examples

  • ，列举。
    Zài bào gào zhōng, tā liè jǔ le wǔ gè zhǔ yào yuán yīn.
    In the report, he listed five main reasons.
  • 列举？
    Nǐ néng liè jǔ chū zhè běn shū de yōu diǎn ma?
    Can you enumerate the strengths of this book?
  • 列举。
    Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men liè jǔ yí xià kè wén zhōng de shēng cí.
    The teacher asked us to list the new words in the text.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

列lièarrange
举jǔbring up

列举 puts together 列 (arrange) and 举 (bring up), showing items one by one in a list.

Characters in this word

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

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

Open 列 →

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 舉; 举 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
與
與yǔ舉jǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 舉 pairs 與, which gives the sound, with 手, a hand; the simplified 举 is a later shorthand.

Open 举 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Order & Arrangement

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