经常性 (jīng cháng xìng) — (noun) constancy, regularity

Definition

noun
constancyregularity

Examples

  • 经常性。
    Zhè zhǒng xíng wéi de jīng cháng xìng lìng rén dān yōu.
    The constancy of this kind of behavior is worrisome.
  • 经常性。
    jīng cháng xìng Shì héng liáng shì wù guī lǜ xìng de zhòng yào zhǐ biāo.
    Regularity is an important indicator for measuring the pattern of things.
  • 经常性。
    Zhè xiàng yán jiū guān zhù le shì jiàn de jīng cháng xìng.
    This study focused on the regularity of events.

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.

经常regular
经jīngregular常chángregular
联合Side by side
性xìngquality

经常 means frequent or regular, and 性 marks the quality of being so.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 經; 经 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìsilk; thread
Sound part声符shēngfú
巠
巠jīng經jīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 經 combines 糹 (silk; thread) with 巠, which gives the sound.

Open 经 →

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
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
尚
尚shàng常cháng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

常 pairs 巾, a cloth, with 尚 as a sound part; the form originally referred to a lower garment.

Open 常 →

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.

Open 性 →

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