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玫瑰园 (méi guī yuán) — rose garden

Definition

noun
rose garden
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 玫瑰园。
    Tā jiā hòu miàn yǒu yí gè hěn dà de méi guī yuán.
    There is a very large rose garden behind her house.
  • 玫瑰园。
    Zhè ge méi guī yuán lǐ zhǒng le shàng bǎi zhǒng méi gui.
    This rose garden has over a hundred varieties of roses planted in it.
  • 玫瑰园，。
    Wǒ men zài méi guī yuán lǐ sàn bù, wén zhe huā xiāng.
    We took a walk in the rose garden, smelling the fragrance of the flowers.

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.

玫瑰rose
玫méi瑰guī
联绵Bound pair
园yuángarden

玫瑰 denotes the rose, and 园 denotes a garden, so the term means a garden of roses.

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
𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
文
文wén玫
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 𤣩 (written as 玉) shows jade, and the right part 文 supplies the sound.

Open 玫 →

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
𤣩Written in full as玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
鬼
鬼guǐ瑰
Same sound today

In 瑰, the left part 𤣩 is the jade sign, written in full as 玉, and the right part 鬼 gives the sound guǐ.

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
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán园yuán
Same sound today

In 园, 元 sits inside 囗, and 元 gives the sound.

Open 园 →
Appears in
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