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镇上 (zhèn shǎng) — the town; the area of a town (as a location)

Definition

noun
the townthe area of a town (as a location)

Examples

  • 镇上。
    Tā zhù zài zhèn shǎng.
    He lives in the town.
  • 镇上。
    zhèn shǎng Yǒu hěn duō shāng diàn.
    There are many shops in the town.
  • 镇上。
    Wǒ men míng tiān qù zhèn shǎng.
    We'll go to town tomorrow.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

镇zhèntown
上shànglocation

镇 means town and 上 indicates location, giving the town area.

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 鎮; 镇 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
真
真zhēn鎮zhèn
Same sound today

The traditional form 鎮 uses 金, metal, and 真, which gave its sound; it depicted pressing down with a metal weight. The simplified 镇 is a later abbreviation.

Open 镇 →

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

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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