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多种 (duō zhǒng) — many kinds, various types

Definition

noun
many kindsvarious types

Examples

  • 多种。
    Wǒ men kǎo lǜ le duō zhǒng fāng àn.
    We considered multiple plans.
  • 多种。
    Zhè ge wèn tí yǒu duō zhǒng yuán yīn.
    This problem has many causes.
  • 多种。
    Tú shū guǎn lǐ yǒu duō zhǒng yǔ yán de shū jí.
    There are books in many languages in the library.

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.

多duōmany
种zhǒngkind

多 (many) and 种 (kind) combine to mean many kinds.

Characters in this word

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

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hérice
Sound part声符shēngfú
中
中zhōng种zhǒng
Same sound today

种 pairs 禾, which shows rice or grain and fits meanings like plant and seed, with 中, which gives its sound.

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