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清教徒 (qīng jiào tú) — Puritan

Definition

noun
Puritan
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 清教徒16。
    qīng jiào tú Shì 16 shì jì yīng guó de yí gè zōng jiào tuán tǐ.
    Puritans were a religious group in 16th-century England.
  • 清教徒。
    Xǔ duō qīng jiào tú wèi le xìn yǎng zì yóu yí mín dào měi zhōu.
    Many Puritans immigrated to America for religious freedom.
  • 清教徒。
    qīng jiào tú De shēng huó fāng shì fēi cháng yán gé hé jiǎn pǔ.
    The Puritan lifestyle was very strict and simple.

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.

清教pure teaching
清qīngpure教jiàoteaching
偏正Modifier + head
徒túfollower

清教 names the pure teaching, and 徒 adds the sense of a follower.

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
青
青qīng清qīng
Same sound today

清 has 氵 (water) on the left and 青 on the right to show its sound.

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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
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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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
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
土
土tǔ徒tú
Same sound today

徒 originally paired 辵, a walking sign, with 土 to show its sound. The shape later changed into 彳 and 走.

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Appears in
Religion & Belief

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