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荣获 (róng huò) — to be honored with, to win (an award, honor)

Definition

荣获 emphasizes the prestige of winning — more honorific than 获奖 ('to win an award'). Used when the recipient is celebrated, not the ceremony; 颁奖 is the ceremony side, 授予 is the formal act of conferring.

verb
to be honored withto win (an award, honor)

Examples

  • 荣获。
    Tā róng huò le quán guó yōu xiù jiào shī chēng hào.
    She was honored with the title of National Excellent Teacher.
  • 荣获。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng róng huò le zuì jiā yǐng piàn jiǎng.
    This film won the Best Picture award.
  • 荣获。
    Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng róng huò le jīn pái.
    He won a gold medal in the competition.

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.

荣róngglory
获huòobtain

The sense of winning honor comes from 荣 'glory' with 获 'obtain'.

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 榮; 荣 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng榮róng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 榮 pairs 木, a tree/wood part, with 熒 (yíng) as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 荣 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 荣 →

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 獲; 获 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
蒦
蒦huò獲huò
Same sound today

The traditional form 獲 combines 犭 (dog) with 蒦, a sound part, to show catching animals with a dog. The simplified 获 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

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