排印 (pái yìn) — to typeset and print | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to typeset and print

排印。
Chū bǎn shè zhèng zài pái yìn zhè běn shū de zuì xīn bǎn běn.
The publishing house is typesetting and printing the latest edition of this book.
排印，。
pái yìn Gōng zuò yǐ jīng wán chéng le, míng tiān kě yǐ jiāo huò.
The typesetting and printing work is done, and delivery can be made tomorrow.
排印。
Tā men yòng xīn de jī qì lái pái yìn bào zhǐ.
They use new machines to typeset and print newspapers.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

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

排 is to typeset, and 印 is to print; together they describe setting and printing.

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.

扌非排

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

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

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.