诗集 (shī jí) — poetry collection | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

poetry collection

Measure word · 本

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Wǒ mǎi le yì běn xīn shī jí.
I bought a new poetry collection.
诗集。
Tā de shī jí zài shū diàn hěn shòu huān yíng.
His poetry collection is very popular in the bookstore.
诗集。
Zhè běn shī jí shōu lù le sān shí shǒu xiàn dài shī.
This poetry collection includes thirty modern poems.

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.

集jícollection

诗 means poem and 集 means collection, together giving the sense of a poetry collection.

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 詩; 诗 is its simplified writing.

言寺詩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì詩shī

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

The traditional form 詩 combines 言 (speech) with 寺 as a sound part, because poetry is a kind of speech; the simplified 诗 is a later abbreviation.

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

隹木集

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

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