图书奖 (tú shū jiǎng) — book award, book prize

Definition

noun
book awardbook prize
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 图书奖。
    Tā huò dé le jīn nián de zuì jiā tú shū jiǎng.
    He won this year's best book award.
  • 图书奖，。
    Zhè ge tú shū jiǎng hěn yǒu míng, hěn duō zuò jiā dōu xiǎng dé dào.
    This book award is very famous; many writers want to receive it.
  • 图书奖。
    Jīn nián de tú shū jiǎng píng xuǎn jié guǒ yǐ jīng gōng bù le.
    The results of this year's book award selection have been announced.

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.

图书books
图túpicture书shūbook
联合Side by side
奖jiǎngprize

图书 and 奖 name a prize for books.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

  • 囗囗wéiwalled city
  • 啚啚bǐ

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

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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 書; 书 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùwriting brush
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě書shū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 書 uses 聿, a writing brush, and 者 for its sound; the simplified 书 is a later shorthand.

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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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

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