团体照 (tuán tǐ zhào) — group photo

Definition

noun
group photo
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 团体照。
    Wǒ men pāi le yì zhāng tuán tǐ zhào.
    We took a group photo.
  • 团体照。
    Bì yè nà tiān dà jiā hé pāi le tuán tǐ zhào.
    On graduation day, everyone took a group photo together.
  • 团体照。
    Zhè zhāng tuán tǐ zhào lǐ yǒu sān shí gè rén.
    There are thirty people in this group photo.

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.

团体group
团tuángroup体tǐbody
偏正Modifier + head
照zhàophoto

团体照 is a 照 (photo) of a 团体 (group).

Characters in this word

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.

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.

Open 团 →

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

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
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
昭
昭zhāo照zhào
Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

Open 照 →

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