每逢 (měi féng) — whenever; every time (before a specific occasion or event)

Definition

Each/every time (a recurring event like a festival or weekend) — used in writing for a regular, predictable occurrence, often followed by 都/便.

adverb
wheneverevery time (before a specific occasion or event)

Examples

  • 每逢，。
    měi féng Chūn jié, jiā lǐ dōu huì zuò hěn duō hǎo chī de.
    Every Spring Festival, the family makes a lot of delicious food.
  • 每逢，。
    měi féng Zhōu mò, tā jiù qù tú shū guǎn kàn shū.
    Whenever the weekend comes, he goes to the library to read.
  • 每逢，。
    měi féng Jì niàn rì, rén men dōu huì jǔ xíng qìng zhù huó dòng.
    Every anniversary, people hold celebrations.

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.

每měievery
逢féngmeet

'每' means every and '逢' means meet, giving 'whenever'.

Characters in this word

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

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
夆
夆páng逢féng
Same sound today

In 逢, 辶 is the walking part and 夆 is the sound part.

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