词人 (cí rén) — lyric poet (writer of ci, a form of classical C… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lyric poet (writer of ci, a form of classical Chinese poetry)

Measure word · 位

Examples

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Zhè wèi sòng dài cí rén de zuò pǐn zhì jīn réng bèi chuán sòng.
The works of this Song-dynasty lyric poet are still recited today.
词人。
Xǔ duō cí rén zài cí zhōng biǎo dá le shēn chén de qíng gǎn.
Many lyric poets expressed deep emotions in their ci poems.
，词人。
Tā bù jǐn shì yí wèi huà jiā, yě shì yí wèi cí rén.
He is not only a painter but also a lyric poet.

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.

词cíci poetry

词 refers to ci poetry, and 人 refers to a person, together meaning a lyric poet.

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 詞; 词 is its simplified writing.

言司詞

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech

Sound part声符shēngfú

司

司sī詞cí(r)

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 詞 uses 言, meaning speech, and 司 to show how it was pronounced; the simplified 词 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical sound part.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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