初稿 (chū gǎo) — first draft | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

first draft

Measure word · 份

初稿。
Wǒ zuó tiān xiě wán le bào gào de chū gǎo.
I finished the first draft of the report yesterday.
初稿。
Lǎo shī ràng wǒ bǎ chū gǎo zài gǎi yi gǎi.
The teacher asked me to revise the first draft again.
初稿。
Zhè fèn chū gǎo hái xū yào bǔ chōng yì xiē shù jù.
This first draft still needs to add some data.

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.

The word joins 初 meaning first and 稿 meaning draft, giving a first version of a text.

Characters in this word

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

衤刀初

初 combines 衤 (clothes) and 刀 (knife), showing the start of making clothes by cutting cloth.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾高稿

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

高

Same sound today

稿 is built from 禾, which carries the meaning, and 高, which supplies the pronunciation.

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