大区 (dà qū) — macroregion, large administrative region

Definition

noun

macroregionlarge administrative region

Measure word · 个

Easily confused

大区。
Zhè ge guó jiā fēn wéi jǐ gè dà qū.
This country is divided into several macroregions.
大区。
Ōu zhōu yǒu xǔ duō bù tóng de dà qū.
Europe has many different macroregions.
大区。
dà qū De jīng jì fā zhǎn bù píng héng.
The economic development of the macroregions is unbalanced.

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.

大 means large, and 区 means region, so the word denotes a large administrative region.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.