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富有 (fù yǒu) — rich, wealthy (of a person); to be rich in, to be full of (resources, experience, creativity, etc.)

Definition

Covers both 'rich/wealthy' (people) and 'rich in' (experience, resources, creativity) in one word. Pairs with 经验, 资源, etc.; for 'abundant (food)' use 丰盛, and for pure wealth use 富裕.

richwealthy (of a person)to be rich into be full of (resources, experience, creativity, etc.)

Examples

  • 富有，。
    Tā jiā hěn fù yǒu, dàn shì tā hěn nǔ lì.
    His family is very rich, but he works very hard.
  • 富有，。
    Tā fù yǒu jīng yàn, hěn shì hé zhè ge gōng zuò.
    He is very experienced and well-suited for this job.
  • 富有。
    Zhè ge guó jiā fù yǒu zì rán zī yuán.
    This country is rich in natural resources.

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.

富fùabundant
有yǒuhave

富 means 'abundant' and 有 means 'have', giving 'have abundantly'.

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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
畐
畐fú富fù
Same sound today

富 pairs 宀, a roof-shaped part, with 畐, which gives the sound fú.

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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
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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