金像奖 (jīn xiàng jiǎng) — Hong Kong Film Awards (Golden Statue Award)

Definition

A proper noun: Hong Kong's flagship film awards (literally 'Golden Statue Award'), the city's equivalent of the Oscars for Chinese-language cinema.

noun
Hong Kong Film Awards (Golden Statue Award)

Examples

  • 金像奖。
    Jīn nián de jīn xiàng jiǎng bān gěi le jǐ wèi nián qīng dǎo yǎn.
    This year's Hong Kong Film Awards were given to several young directors.
  • 金像奖。
    Tā yīn wèi nà bù diàn yǐng huò dé le jīn xiàng jiǎng zuì jiā nán zhǔ jué.
    He won Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for that movie.
  • 金像奖。
    jīn xiàng jiǎng Shì huá yǔ diàn yǐng jiè de zhòng yào jiǎng xiàng zhī yī.
    The Hong Kong Film Awards is one of the important awards in Chinese-language cinema.

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.

金像golden statue
金jīngold像xiàngstatue
偏正Modifier + head
奖jiǎngaward

“金” means gold, “像” means statue, and “奖” means award, together naming a golden-statue award.

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.

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
象
象xiàng像
Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

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