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艺名 (yì míng) — stage name

Definition

noun
stage name
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 艺名。
    Tā gěi zì jǐ qǐ le yí gè yì míng.
    He gave himself a stage name.
  • 艺名。
    Hěn duō yǎn yuán de yì míng hé zhēn míng bù yí yàng.
    Many actors' stage names are different from their real names.
  • 艺名。
    Tā zài tái shàng yòng yì míng biǎo yǎn le èr shí nián.
    He performed on stage for twenty years using his stage name.

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.

艺yìart
名míngname

艺 means art or skill, and 名 means name, so it gives the name an artist uses.

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ艺yì
Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

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

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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