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原样 (yuán yàng) — original appearance, shape, taste, or sample; the same old way; unchanged state

Definition

A noun meaning 'the original state/look' of something — how it was before any change. Often used with 保持, 恢复, or 还是 to mean keeping or returning to that unchanged condition.

noun
original appearanceshapetasteor samplethe same old wayunchanged state

Examples

  • 原样。
    Zhè zhāng zhào piàn bǎo chí le dāng shí de yuán yàng.
    This photo preserved the original look from that time.
  • ，原样。
    Bān jiā hòu, tā yāo qiú bǎ fáng jiān huī fù yuán yàng.
    After moving, he asked to restore the room to its original state.
  • ，原样。
    Shí nián guò qù le, zhè lǐ de yí qiè hái shì yuán yàng.
    Ten years have passed, and everything here is still the same as before.

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.

原yuánoriginal
样yàngappearance

原 means original and 样 means appearance, giving the original appearance or unchanged state.

Characters in this word

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

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

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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 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
羕
羕yàng樣yàng
Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

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