法西斯 (fǎ xī sī) — fascist (person who supports fascism); fascism…

Definition

noun

fascist (person who supports fascism)fascism (the political ideology)

，法西斯。
Èr zhàn qī jiān, fǎ xī sī zhèng quán fàn xià le wú shù zuì xíng.
During World War II, the fascist regime committed countless crimes.
法西斯。
Tā xiě le yì běn guān yú fǎ xī sī qǐ yuán de shū.
He wrote a book about the origins of fascism.
，法西斯。
Rén men zǒu shàng jiē tóu, kàng yì fǎ xī sī de bào xíng.
People took to the streets to protest the atrocities of the fascists.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 法西斯 only spell the foreign word fascist and carry no meaning here.

Sound-only characters

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

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid

Sound part声符shēngfú

盍

盍hé法fǎ

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

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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