声部 (shēng bù) — voice part, instrumental part (in a musical sco… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

voice partinstrumental part (in a musical score)

Examples

声部。
Zhè shǒu hé chàng qǔ yǒu sì gè shēng bù.
This choral piece has four voice parts.
声部。
Tā zài yuè duì lǐ yǎn zòu zhōng yīn shēng bù.
He plays the alto part in the band.
声部。
Zhǐ huī yāo qiú měi gè shēng bù dōu yào zhù yì jié zòu.
The conductor asked each part to pay attention to the rhythm.

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.

声 voice or sound and 部 part combine: a musical voice part.

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 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

咅

咅pǒu部bù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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