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狂欢夜 (kuáng huān yè) — carnival night; night of revelry

Definition

noun
carnival nightnight of revelry

Examples

  • 狂欢夜。
    Wǒ men xué xiào de kuáng huān yè hěn hǎo wán.
    Our school's carnival night is a lot of fun.
  • 狂欢夜。
    kuáng huān yè Shàng yǒu hěn duō hǎo chī de dōng xī.
    There are many delicious things at the carnival night.
  • 狂欢夜。
    Měi nián shèng dàn jié dōu yǒu kuáng huān yè.
    Every Christmas there is a carnival night.

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.

狂欢wild revelry
狂kuángwild欢huānrevelry
偏正Modifier + head
夜yènight

狂欢 describes wild revelry and 夜 is a night, together naming a night of revelry.

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
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
㞷
㞷㞷狂kuáng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

狂 pairs 犭 (dog) with 㞷, which gives the sound; 㞷 is an old form of a character meaning 'to go'.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 歡; 欢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn歡huān
Same sound today

The traditional form 歡 uses 雚 for the sound and 欠 for the meaning; the simplified 欢 is a later shorthand, so its parts do not carry that history.

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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
夕夕xīmoon
Sound part声符shēngfú
亦
亦yì夜yè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 夜 pairs 亦 as a sound part with 夕 as a moon part, for night. In the modern shape, the 亦 part is broken up and one stroke merges into 夕.

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