纳粹 (nà cuì) — Nazi (referring to the historical German regime…

Definition

noun

Nazi (referring to the historical German regime, ideology, or its adherents)

，纳粹。
Èr zhàn qī jiān, nà cuì fàn xià le xǔ duō zuì xíng.
During World War II, the Nazis committed many crimes.
纳粹。
Hěn duō rén duì nà cuì de lì shǐ fēi cháng gǎn xìng qù.
Many people are very interested in the history of the Nazis.
纳粹。
Zhè bù jì lù piàn jiē lù le nà cuì de bào xíng.
This documentary reveals the atrocities of the Nazis.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 纳粹 spell the foreign name Nazi; individually they carry no meaning here.

Sound-only characters

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 納; 纳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk, thin thread

Sound part声符shēngfú

内

Same sound today

The traditional form 納 has 糸 (silk, thin thread) and 内, which gives the sound; the simplified 纳 is a shorthand.

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

米卒粹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

卒

卒zú粹cuì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

粹 combines 米 (rice) and 卒; 卒 gives the sound, and 米 relates to the meaning.

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