整版 (zhěng bǎn) — a full page (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

a full page (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

Measure word · 块

Examples

整版。
Zhè zhāng bào zhǐ de zhěng bǎn guǎng gào fēi cháng xǐng mù.
The full-page ad in this newspaper is very eye-catching.
整版。
Zhè piān wén zhāng zài zá zhì shàng zhàn le zhěng zhěng zhěng bǎn.
This article took up an entire full page in the magazine.
整版。
Tā men yòng zhěng bǎn kān dēng le zhè zhāng dà zhào piàn.
They used a full page to publish this large photo.

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.

整版 joins 整 meaning whole with 版 meaning page to mean a complete page.

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.

敕正整

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

正zhèng整zhěng

Same sound today

整 pairs 敕 as the meaning side with 正 as the sound side.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

片反版

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

反fǎn版bǎn

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

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

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