市场经济 (shì chǎng jīng jì) — market economy

Definition

phrase
market economy

Examples

  • 市场经济。
    Zhōng guó cóng jì huà jīng jì zhuǎn xiàng shì chǎng jīng jì.
    China transitioned from a planned economy to a market economy.
  • 市场经济。
    shì chǎng jīng jì De hé xīn shì jià gé yóu shì chǎng jué dìng.
    The core of a market economy is that prices are determined by the market.
  • 市场经济。
    Hěn duō guó jiā dōu cǎi yòng le shì chǎng jīng jì mó shì.
    Many countries have adopted the market economy model.

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.

市场market
市shìmarket/trade场chǎngplace
偏正Modifier + head
经济economy
经jīngmanage济jìhelp
联合Side by side

市场经济 layers 市场 (a place for trade) onto 经济 (the activity of managing resources), meaning an economy organized around markets.

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
兮兮xībustling
Sound part声符shēngfú
之
之zhī市shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

Open 市 →

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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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 經; 经 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìsilk; thread
Sound part声符shēngfú
巠
巠jīng經jīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 經 combines 糹 (silk; thread) with 巠, which gives the sound.

Open 经 →

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 濟; 济 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
齊
齊qí濟jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 濟 pairs 水 (water) with 齊, which gives the sound; the simplified 济 is a later shorthand.

Open 济 →
Appears in
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