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应有 (yīng yǒu) — due, proper, deserved; something that should rightfully exist or be had

Definition

Used almost exclusively as an attributive (应有的) meaning 'rightful, deserved' — the respect, rights, or responsibility someone ought to have.

verb
dueproperdeservedsomething that should rightfully exist or be had

Examples

  • 应有。
    Měi gè rén dōu yīng gāi dé dào yīng yǒu de zūn zhòng.
    Everyone should receive the respect they deserve.
  • 应有。
    Guó jiā bǎo zhàng gōng mín yīng yǒu de quán lì.
    The state guarantees citizens' rightful rights.
  • ，应有。
    Zuò wéi lǐng dǎo, tā biǎo xiàn chū le yīng yǒu de dān dāng.
    As a leader, he showed the responsibility that he should have.

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.

应yìngdue
有yǒuhave

应 means due and 有 means have, so it describes what should be had.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 應; 应 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
䧹
䧹䧹應yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 應 pairs 心 (heart) with 䧹 as a sound part; the simplified 应 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the original components.

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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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