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获奖 (huò jiǎng) — to win an award

Definition

获奖 means 'to win an award' — focuses on the recipient. Use 颁奖 for the ceremony side (presenting), and 奖赏 for giving a reward rather than winning one.

verb
to win an award

Examples

  • 获奖。
    Tā zài zhè cì bǐ sài huò jiǎng le.
    He won an award in this competition.
  • 。
    Wǒ qù nián huò le yí gè jiǎng.
    I won an award last year.
  • ？
    Nǐ xī wàng huò shén me jiǎng?
    What award do you hope to win?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

获huòobtain
奖jiǎngprize

获 means obtain, and 奖 is the prize obtained, so together they mean win an award.

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 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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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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

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