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这部 (zhè bù) — this one (for items with classifier 部: films, plays, books, TV series, etc.)

Definition

A demonstrative specifically paired with the classifier 部 for films, books, TV series, and similar works — use 这部, not 这个, when pointing to one of these.

pronoun
this one (for items with classifier 部: films, plays, books, TV series, etc.)

Examples

  • 这部。
    Wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan zhè bù diàn yǐng.
    I really like this movie.
  • 这部？
    Nǐ kàn guò zhè bù xiǎo shuō ma?
    Have you read this novel?
  • 这部。
    zhè bù De jié wěi hěn gǎn dòng rén.
    The ending of this one is very touching.

Origin

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 這; 这 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
言
言yán這zhè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 這, 辶 (walk) combines with 言 for the sound. The character first meant “to meet” and was later used for “this”.

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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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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