奇景 (qí jǐng) — spectacular sight; wonderful scenery

Definition

noun
spectacular sightwonderful scenery
Easily confused

Examples

  • ，奇景。
    Zhàn zài shān dǐng shàng, nǐ kě yǐ kàn dào zhuàng lì de qí jǐng.
    Standing on the mountaintop, you can see the magnificent spectacle.
  • 奇景。
    Zhè piàn shā mò zhōng de qí jǐng ràng rén jīng tàn bù yǐ.
    The spectacular sight in this desert leaves people in awe.
  • 奇景。
    Shè yǐng shī zhuān mén lái zhè lǐ pāi shè rì chū shí de qí jǐng.
    Photographers come here specifically to capture the spectacular view at sunrise.

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.

奇qíwonderful
景jǐngscenery

奇 means wonderful, and 景 means scenery.

Characters in this word

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
大大dàbig; great
Sound part声符shēngfú
可
可kě奇
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

奇 pairs 大 (big; great) with 可, a sound part.

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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
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
京
京jīng景jǐng
Same sound today

景 has 日 (sun) with 京, which gives its sound; it originally meant sunlight.

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