鞋业 (xié yè) — shoe industry; shoe business

Definition

noun
shoe industryshoe business

Examples

  • 鞋业，。
    Tā cóng shì xié yè duō nián, jīng yàn fēng fù.
    He has been in the shoe industry for many years and has rich experience.
  • 鞋业。
    Jīn nián xié yè shì chǎng zēng zhǎng xùn sù.
    The shoe market has grown rapidly this year.
  • 鞋业。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī shì xié yè de lóng tóu qǐ yè.
    This company is a leading enterprise in the shoe industry.

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.

鞋xiéshoe
业yètrade

鞋 names shoes, and 业 names trade or industry, giving the shoe trade.

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
革革géleather
Sound part声符shēngfú
圭
圭guī鞋
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

鞋 puts 革 (leather) beside 圭 to show leather shoes; 圭 gives the sound and originally drew a pair of ritual axes, not earth.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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