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详情 (xiáng qíng) — details, detailed information

Definition

详情 (xiángqíng) refers to detailed or specific information about a situation, item, or plan. It is more formal than 细节 and usually used in official, business, or written contexts (signs, reports, announcements).

noun
detailsdetailed information

Examples

  • 详情。
    Qǐng gào sù wǒ gèng duō de xiáng qíng.
    Please tell me more details.
  • 详情？
    Nǐ néng tí gōng zhè ge xiàng mù de xiáng qíng ma?
    Can you provide the details of this project?
  • 详情，。
    Kàn le hé tong shàng de xiáng qíng, tā cái fàng xīn.
    After seeing the details in the contract, he felt relieved.

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.

详xiángdetailed
情qínginformation

'详' means detailed and '情' means information/situation; together detailed information.

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 詳; 详 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
羊
羊yáng詳xiáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 詳, 言 points to speech, and 羊 supplies the sound.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

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