相关性 (xiāng guān xìng) — relevance; correlation

Definition

noun
relevancecorrelation

Examples

  • 相关性。
    Zhè liǎng gè biàn liàng zhī jiān de xiāng guān xìng hěn qiáng.
    The correlation between these two variables is very strong.
  • 相关性。
    Yán jiū jié guǒ yǔ jiǎ shè de xiāng guān xìng hěn gāo.
    The research results have high relevance to the hypothesis.
  • 相关性。
    Tā fēn xī le shù jù zhōng de xiāng guān xìng mó shì.
    He analyzed patterns of correlation in the data.

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.

相关mutually related
相xiāngmutual关guānrelate
偏正Modifier + head
性xìngquality

相关 means mutually related, and 性 adds the sense of a quality or degree, giving relevance or correlation.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 相, 目 is an eye and 木 is a tree, showing an eye looking at a tree; this originally meant “to observe.”

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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 關; 关 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門méndoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢇅
𢇅𢇅關guān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 关, the traditional form 關 shows 門 as a door and 𢇅 as two wooden sticks locking it, with ring-like marks on top.

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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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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