防伪 (fáng wěi) — to prevent counterfeiting; anti-counterfeiting (attributive)

Definition

to prevent counterfeitinganti-counterfeiting (attributive)

Examples

  • 防伪。
    Zhè ge chǎn pǐn yǒu fáng wěi biāo zhì.
    This product has an anti-counterfeiting label.
  • 防伪。
    Gōng sī cǎi yòng zuì xīn de fáng wěi jì shù.
    The company adopts the latest anti-counterfeiting technology.
  • 防伪。
    Wǒ men xū yào jiā qiáng fáng wěi gōng zuò.
    We need to strengthen anti-counterfeiting efforts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

防fángprevent
伪wěicounterfeit

“防” means prevent and “伪” means counterfeit, so the word expresses stopping fake goods.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng防fáng
Same sound today

防 pairs 阝 (written fully as 阜) with 方, which gives 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 偽; 伪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
為
為wéi偽wěi
Same sound today

The modern 伪 comes from the traditional form 偽, where 亻 (man) marks the idea as about a person and 為 gives the sound and means “to make”; together they originally meant “artificial”.

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