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球星 (qiú xīng) — sports star, star player (in a ball game)

Definition

noun
sports starstar player (in a ball game)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 球星。
    Tā shì yí wèi fēi cháng chū sè de qiú xīng.
    He is an outstanding sports star.
  • 球星。
    Zhè wèi qiú xīng zài bǐ sài zhōng jìn le sān gè qiú.
    This sports star scored three goals in the match.
  • 球星。
    qiú xīng De qiān míng ràng fěn sī men fēi cháng xīng fèn.
    The sports star's autograph made fans very excited.

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.

球qiúball
星xīngstar

球 means ball and 星 means star, so 球星 is a star in ball games.

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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Open 球 →

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

The top of 星 is a later simplified form of 晶, twinkling stars; the bottom 生 shows the sound.

Open 星 →
Appears in
Ball GamesSports & Athletics

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