合唱团 (hé chàng tuán) — chorus, choir (a group of singers) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

choruschoir (a group of singers)

Measure word · 个

Examples

合唱团。
Wǒ men xué xiào yǒu yí gè hé chàng tuán.
Our school has a chorus.
合唱团。
Tā jiā rù le xué xiào de hé chàng tuán.
She joined the school choir.
合唱团。
hé chàng tuán De yǎn chū fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
The chorus's performance was very wonderful.

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.

合唱sing together

合hétogether唱chàngsing

偏正Modifier + head

合 (together) + 唱 (sing) + 团 (group) means a group that sings together.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

亼亼jí
口口kǒumouth

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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

口昌唱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昌

昌chāng唱chàng

Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

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 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

囗專團

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān團tuán

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

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