规模 (guī mó) — scale, scope, extent | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

规模 emphasizes the overall size and reach of something (a company, city, event). 范围 is the range something covers; 程度 is how much or how intense, not physical size.

noun

scalescopeextent

Measure word · 个

Examples

规模，。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de guī mó hěn dà, yǒu jǐ qiān míng yuán gōng.
This company is very large in scale, with several thousand employees.
规模。
Zhè cì huó dòng de guī mó bǐ qù nián dà le hěn duō.
The scale of this event is much larger than last year's.
规模，。
Chéng shì de guī mó bú duàn kuò dà, rén kǒu yě yuè lái yuè duō.
The scale of the city keeps expanding, and the population is growing more and more.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

规 means rule and 模 means model, together indicating standard size or scope.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 規; 规 is its simplified writing.

夫見規

夫夫fūhusband
見見jiànsee

The simplified 规 is a shorthand; the traditional form 規 shows a cross-shaped compass in its early drawing, and its later form uses 夫 and 見.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木莫模

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò模mó

Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

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