加冕礼 (jiā miǎn lǐ) — coronation | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

coronation

Measure word · 个

Examples

加冕礼。
Guó wáng de jiā miǎn lǐ zài gǔ lǎo de jiào táng jǔ xíng.
The king's coronation was held in an ancient cathedral.
加冕礼，。
jiā miǎn lǐ Dāng tiān, quán chéng dōu chén jìn zài huān lè zhōng.
On the day of the coronation, the whole city was immersed in joy.
加冕礼。
Zhè wèi nǚ wáng de jiā miǎn lǐ diǎn lǐ fēi cháng lóng zhòng.
This queen's coronation ceremony was very grand.

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.

加冕place a crown

加jiāplace on冕miǎncrown

动宾Verb + object

礼lǐceremony

The word builds on 加冕, the act of placing a crown, and 礼, a ceremony, for a coronation.

Characters in this word

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

力口加

力力lìstrength
口口kǒumouth

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

Open 加 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 冕 →

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 禮; 礼 is its simplified writing.

礻豊禮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

礻Written in full as示shìaltar

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ禮lǐ

Same sound today