复印件 (fù yìn jiàn) — copy; photocopy; duplicate (of a document)

Definition

noun

copyphotocopyduplicate (of a document)

Measure word · 份

，复印件。
Qǐng bāng wǒ fù yìn zhè fèn wén jiàn, rán hòu gěi wǒ yì zhāng fù yìn jiàn.
Please copy this document for me, then give me a copy.
复印件，。
Tā de shēn fèn zhèng fù yìn jiàn diū le, xū yào bǔ bàn.
He lost his ID card copy and needs to reapply for a new one.
复印件，。
Zhè xiē fù yìn jiàn de zhì liàng bú tài hǎo, zì jì mó hu.
The quality of these copies is not great; the print is blurry.

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.

复印photocopy

偏正Modifier + head

复 means again and 印 means print, so 复印件 names a printed item that repeats the original.

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

彳复復

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chìwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

复

Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

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

件 is made of 人, 'man', and 牛, 'cow'.

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