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结婚照 (jié hūn zhào) — wedding photo

Definition

noun
wedding photo
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 结婚照。
    Wǒ zuó tiān pāi le yì zhāng jié hūn zhào.
    I took a wedding photo yesterday.
  • 结婚照。
    Zhè zhāng jié hūn zhào shì wǒ men zuì zhēn guì de huí yì.
    This wedding photo is our most precious memory.
  • 结婚照。
    Tā men zhèng zài kàn jié hūn zhào.
    They are looking at the wedding photo.

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.

结婚marry
结jiétie婚hūnmarriage
动宾Verb + object
照zhàophoto

结婚 gives marriage and 照 gives photo, so the word means a wedding photograph.

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 結; 结 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
吉
吉jí結jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 結 pairs 糸 with 吉; 吉 gives the sound, and 糸 relates to the meaning. The simplified 结 is a later shorthand.

Open 结 →

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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
昏
昏hūn婚hūn
Same sound today

婚 uses 女 (woman) for the meaning and 昏 for the sound hūn.

Open 婚 →

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
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
昭
昭zhāo照zhào
Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

Open 照 →
Appears in
Photography & DesignRomance & Marriage

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