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摄影展 (shè yǐng zhǎn) — photography exhibition

Definition

noun
photography exhibition
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 摄影展。
    Xià ge yuè yǒu yí gè shè yǐng zhǎn.
    There is a photography exhibition next month.
  • 摄影展。
    Wǒ zuó tiān qù kàn le yí gè shè yǐng zhǎn.
    I went to see a photography exhibition yesterday.
  • 摄影展。
    Zhè ge shè yǐng zhǎn zhǎn chū le hěn duō yōu xiù de zuò pǐn.
    This photography exhibition displays many excellent works.

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.

摄影take images
摄shètake影yǐngimage
动宾Verb + object
展zhǎnexhibition

摄影 means to take images and 展 means exhibition: an exhibition of photographs.

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 攝; 摄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
聶
聶niè攝shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 攝 combines 扌 (hand) with 聶 as a sound part; the simplified 摄 is a later shorthand.

Open 摄 →

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
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

Open 影 →

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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧝑
𧝑𧝑展zhǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

Open 展 →
Appears in
Photography & Design

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