大喊 (dà hǎn) — to shout, to yell loudly | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to shoutto yell loudly

Examples

大喊。
Tā zài yuǎn chù duì wǒ dà hǎn.
He shouted at me from a distance.
大喊，。
Bié dà hǎn, huì chǎo dào lín jū de.
Don't shout — you'll disturb the neighbors.
大喊。
Tā xià dé dà hǎn qǐ lái.
She was so frightened she started yelling.

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.

大 means loud, and 喊 means shout, so together they describe shouting loudly.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口咸喊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

咸xián喊hǎn

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

喊 puts 口 (mouth) beside 咸, showing a mouth action and using 咸 for the sound.

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Communication & Speech

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