非常规 (fēi cháng guī) — unconventional

Definition

adjective

unconventional

非常规。
Zhè zhǒng fēi cháng guī wǔ qì zài zhàn zhēng zhōng hěn shǎo shǐ yòng.
This type of unconventional weapon is rarely used in war.
非常规。
Tā tí chū le yí gè fēi cháng guī de jiě jué fāng àn.
He proposed an unconventional solution.
非常规。
Zhè zhǒng fēi cháng guī de zuò fǎ ràng rén hěn jīng yà.
This unconventional approach surprised people.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

前缀qiánzhuìPrefix

A fixed syllable in front that adds a shade of meaning but carries none of its own.

常规usual rules

偏正Modifier + head

“非” gives a “not” sense, while “常” and “规” make “usual rules,” so the whole means outside the usual rules.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 非 is drawn from two wings facing opposite directions. It later came to be used for going against or not being.

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

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

常 pairs 巾, a cloth, with 尚 as a sound part; the form originally referred to a lower garment.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 規; 规 is its simplified writing.

夫見規

The simplified 规 is a shorthand; the traditional form 規 shows a cross-shaped compass in its early drawing, and its later form uses 夫 and 見.

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