喜讯 (xǐ xùn) — good news | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

good news

Measure word · 个

Examples

喜讯。
Zhè ge xǐ xùn ràng dà jiā dōu hěn kāi xīn.
This good news made everyone very happy.
喜讯。
Tā dì yī shí jiān bǎ zhè ge xǐ xùn gào sù le fù mǔ.
He told his parents the good news right away.
，喜讯。
Bì yè diǎn lǐ shàng, xiào zhǎng xuān bù le xué xiào huò jiǎng de xǐ xùn.
At the graduation ceremony, the principal announced the good news that the school had won an award.

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.

喜 means happy and 讯 means news, so the result is happy news.

Characters in this word

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

壴口喜

壴壴zhùdrum
口口kǒumouth

喜 combines 壴, a drum, with 口, a mouth.

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 訊; 讯 is its simplified writing.

言卂訊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

卂

卂xùn訊xùn

Same sound today

The traditional form 訊 combines 言 (words) with 卂 as a sound part; the simplified 讯 is a shorthand.

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