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名模 (míng mó) — famous model; top model

Definition

noun
famous modeltop model
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 名模。
    Tā shì yí wèi guó jì míng mó.
    She is an international top model.
  • 名模。
    Zhè wèi míng mó zài shí zhuāng zhōu shàng dà fàng yì cǎi.
    This famous model shone brightly at Fashion Week.
  • 名模。
    Hěn duō míng mó dōu lái zì zhè ge guó jiā.
    Many famous models come from this country.

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.

名míngfamous
模mómodel

名 famous and 模 model combine to mean a well-known fashion model.

Characters in this word

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

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò模mó
Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

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