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审讯 (shěn xùn) — to interrogate (a suspect or witness); to try (a legal case in court)

Definition

审讯 means to formally interrogate a suspect/witness or to try a case in court. It stresses the official, judicial setting — heavier and more procedural than the everyday 问 or 问话.

verb
to interrogate (a suspect or witness)to try (a legal case in court)

Examples

  • 审讯。
    Jǐng chá zhèng zài shěn xùn xián yí rén.
    The police are interrogating the suspect.
  • 审讯。
    Fǎ guān xuān bù míng tiān jì xù shěn xùn cǐ àn.
    The judge announced that the trial of this case will continue tomorrow.
  • 审讯。
    Tā zài shěn xùn guò chéng zhōng chéng rèn le zuì xíng.
    He confessed to the crime during the interrogation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

审shěnexamine
讯xùnquestion

审 means examine and 讯 means question, together describing interrogation.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 訊; 讯 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
卂
卂xùn訊xùn
Same sound today

The traditional form 訊 combines 言 (words) with 卂 as a sound part; the simplified 讯 is a shorthand.

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