艺术节 (yì shù jié) — art festival

Definition

noun
art festival
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，艺术节。
    Měi nián xià tiān, zhè ge chéng shì dōu huì jǔ bàn yì shù jié.
    Every summer, this city holds an art festival.
  • 艺术节。
    yì shù jié Shàng yǒu xǔ duō jīng cǎi de biǎo yǎn hé zhǎn lǎn.
    There are many wonderful performances and exhibitions at the art festival.
  • 艺术节。
    Wǒ men xué xiào zǔ zhī xué shēng qù cān guān yì shù jié.
    Our school organized students to visit the art festival.

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.

艺术art
艺yìart术shùskill
联合Side by side
节jiéfestival

艺术 covers art and skill, and 节 names a festival; together they mean an art festival.

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.

Open 艺 →

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

Open 术 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節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 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →

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