深深地 (shēn shēn de) — deeply; profoundly | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adverb

deeplyprofoundly

Examples

深深地。
Tā shēn shēn de ài zhe zhè piàn tǔ dì.
He deeply loves this land.
深深地。
Wǒ bèi tā de huà shēn shēn de gǎn dòng le.
I was deeply moved by his words.
深深地。
Tā xiàng lǎo shī shēn shēn de jū le yì gōng.
She bowed deeply to the teacher.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

深深deeply

深shēndeep深shēndeep

重叠Reduplication

The doubled 深深 intensifies depth, and 地 gives the sense deeply.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

𥥍

𥥍𥥍深shēn

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

深 is built from 氵, the side form of 水 “water”, and 𥥍, which supplies the sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

𥥍

𥥍𥥍深shēn

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

深 is built from 氵, the side form of 水 “water”, and 𥥍, which supplies the sound.

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

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě地dì

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

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

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