无条件 (wú tiáo jiàn) — unconditional; without any conditions

Definition

无条件的 modifies how an action is done (unconditional agreement, unconditional love). 绝对 is the bare 'absolute/absolutely' — stronger in tone but not bound to a verb like 无条件.

verb
unconditionalwithout any conditions

Examples

  • 无条件。
    Tā wú tiáo jiàn tóng yì le wǒ men de jì huà.
    He unconditionally agreed to our plan.
  • 无条件。
    Gōng sī wú tiáo jiàn mǎn zú kè hù de suǒ yǒu yāo qiú.
    The company unconditionally meets all customer requests.
  • 无条件。
    Zhè zhǒng wú tiáo jiàn de ài hěn nán dé.
    This kind of unconditional love is rare.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

无wúwithout
条件condition
条tiáoclause件jiànitem
联合Side by side

The idea of 无, meaning without, combines with 条件, meaning conditions, to suggest no conditions.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

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

件 is made of 人, 'man', and 牛, 'cow'.

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