抒情诗 (shū qíng shī) — lyric poetry (a genre of poetry expressing pers… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lyric poetry (a genre of poetry expressing personal emotions)lyric poemode

Measure word · 首

Examples

抒情诗。
Tā zuì xǐ huan dú làng màn zhǔ yì shū qíng shī.
He most enjoys reading Romantic lyric poetry.
抒情诗。
Zhè shǒu shū qíng shī biǎo dá le duì gù xiāng de sī niàn.
This lyric poem expresses longing for one's hometown.
抒情诗。
Zhōng guó gǔ diǎn shū qíng shī zhōng yǒu hěn duō miáo xiě zì rán jǐng wù de zuò pǐn.
Among Chinese classical lyric poetry, there are many works depicting natural scenery.

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.

抒情express emotion

抒shūexpress情qíngemotion

动宾Verb + object

抒, express, and 情, emotion, form lyric, describing 诗, poem.

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.

扌予抒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

予

予yǔ抒shū

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is a hand, showing that 抒 relates to a hand action. The right side 予 gives the sound.

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

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng情qíng

Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

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 詩; 诗 is its simplified writing.

言寺詩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì詩shī

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 詩 combines 言 (speech) with 寺 as a sound part, because poetry is a kind of speech; the simplified 诗 is a later abbreviation.

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