迥异 (jiǒng yì) — widely different | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

widely different

迥异。
Zhè liǎng zhǒng wén huà fēng gé jiǒng yì.
These two cultural styles are widely different.
迥异。
Tā de guān diǎn yǔ wǒ de jiǒng yì.
His viewpoint is widely different from mine.
迥异。
Nán běi fāng de yǐn shí xí guàn jiǒng yì.
The eating habits of the north and south are widely different.

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.

迥jiǒngfar apart

异yìdifferent

迥 gives far apart and 异 gives different, together meaning widely different.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 異; 异 is its simplified writing.

田共異

The traditional form 異 depicts a person with a mask 田 over the face, so the face looks different. The simplified 异 is a later shorthand.

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