印象派 (yìn xiàng pài) — Impressionism; the Impressionist school (of art)

Definition

noun

Impressionismthe Impressionist school (of art)

印象派。
Wǒ zuì jìn duì yìn xiàng pài hěn gǎn xìng qù.
I've recently become very interested in Impressionism.
印象派。
Zhè cì de zhǎn lǎn zhǔ yào zhǎn shì yìn xiàng pài de zuò pǐn.
This exhibition mainly displays Impressionist works.
印象派。
yìn xiàng pài Duì xiàn dài yì shù de fā zhǎn yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
Impressionism had a great influence on the development of modern art.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

印象impression

联合Side by side

印象 impression and 派 school combine to name the Impressionist school.

Characters in this word

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

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

象 is drawn as an elephant, with a long trunk, a head, and a big body.

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

水水shuǐwater; river

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠂢

𠂢𠂢派pài

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

派 is built from 水 (water/river) and 𠂢. 𠂢 gives the sound, and 水 was added later to tell the character apart from the older form.

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