消散 (xiāo sàn) — to dissipate, to scatter and disappear | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to dissipateto scatter and disappear

Examples

消散。
Nóng wù màn màn xiāo sàn le.
The thick fog slowly dissipated.
消散。
Tā de nù qì jiàn jiàn xiāo sàn le.
His anger gradually dissipated.
消散。
Jì yì suí zhe shí jiān màn màn xiāo sàn.
Memories slowly dissipate with time.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

消xiāodisappear

散sànscatter

消 means to disappear and 散 means to scatter, so the sense is to dissipate by spreading out.

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.

氵肖消

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

肖

肖xiào消xiāo

Same sound today

消 has 氵 (water) beside 肖. The water part connects to putting out or making something vanish, and 肖 gives the sound.

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

林林líntrees, forest
攴攴pūto knock, to tap

散 combines 林 (trees or forest) and 攴 (to knock or tap), originally showing knocking to clear vegetation, later extended to breaking up or dispersing.

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