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节奏感 (jié zòu gǎn) — sense of rhythm

Definition

noun
sense of rhythm

Examples

  • 节奏感。
    Tā tiào wǔ hěn yǒu jié zòu gǎn.
    He has a good sense of rhythm in dancing.
  • 节奏感，。
    Tā de jié zòu gǎn hěn hǎo, chàng gē cóng bù zǒu diào.
    Her sense of rhythm is very good; she never sings off-key.
  • 节奏感。
    Dǎ gǔ xū yào hěn hǎo de jié zòu gǎn.
    Drumming requires a good sense of rhythm.

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.

节奏rhythm
节jiébeat奏zòurhythm
联合Coordinate
感gǎnfeeling

节奏 (rhythm) combines with 感 (feeling) to mean a felt sense of rhythm.

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 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 →

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

The shape of 奏 pictures hands holding an object, perhaps an instrument used in a ritual, or hands collecting resin dripping from a cut tree.

Open 奏 →

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
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián感gǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

Open 感 →
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