多重 (duō chóng) — multiple | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

multiple

Examples

多重。
Tā yīn wèi duō chóng shēn fèn ér miàn lín bù shǎo yā lì.
He faces considerable pressure because of his multiple identities.
多重，。
Zhè ge wèn tí yǒu duō chóng hán yì, bù néng jiǎn dān huí dá.
This question has multiple meanings and cannot be answered simply.
多重。
duō chóng Yīn sù dǎo zhì le zhè cì shī bài.
Multiple factors led to this failure.

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 means many, and 重 refers to layers, so it describes many layers or aspects.

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.

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

東

東dōng重zhòng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

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