大规模 (dà guī mó) — large-scale | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

large-scale

Examples

大规模。
Zhè ge gōng sī zhèng zài jìn xíng dà guī mó de zhāo pìn huó dòng.
This company is conducting a large-scale recruitment campaign.
大规模。
Zhèng fǔ dà guī mó dì tóu zī yú jī chǔ shè shī jiàn shè.
The government is investing large-scale in infrastructure construction.
大规模，。
Zhè cì xíng dòng shì dà guī mó de, shè jí duō gè bù mén.
This operation is large-scale, involving many departments.

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.

规模scale

规guīrule模mómodel

联合Coordinate

大 marks largeness, while 规 and 模 together give the idea of scale.

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 規; 规 is its simplified writing.

夫見規

夫夫fūhusband
見見jiànsee

The simplified 规 is a shorthand; the traditional form 規 shows a cross-shaped compass in its early drawing, and its later form uses 夫 and 見.

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

木莫模

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò模mó

Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

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