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进行曲 (jìn xíng qǔ) — march (music)

Definition

noun
march (music)
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Examples

  • 进行曲。
    Tā zuì xǐ huan tīng jìn xíng qǔ.
    He likes listening to marches the most.
  • 进行曲。
    Zhè ge yuè duì yǎn zòu le yì shǒu zhù míng de jìn xíng qǔ.
    This band played a famous march.
  • 进行曲。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou xué guò yì shǒu jìn xíng qǔ.
    I learned a march when I was little.

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.

进行march; proceed
进jìnadvance行xínggo
联合Coordinate
曲qǔtune

进 and 行 give the idea of marching, and 曲 is a tune, so 进行曲 is a march tune.

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 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

Open 进 →

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

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

曲 is drawn as a bent object, matching the meaning 'bend'.

Open 曲 →
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