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音乐节 (yīn yuè jié) — music festival

Definition

noun
music festival

Examples

  • 音乐节。
    Zhè ge yīn yuè jié měi nián xià tiān dōu huì jǔ bàn.
    This music festival is held every summer.
  • 音乐节。
    Wǒ mǎi le liǎng zhāng yīn yuè jié de mén piào.
    I bought two tickets for the music festival.
  • 音乐节。
    yīn yuè jié Shàng yǒu hěn duō zhù míng de yuè duì yǎn chū.
    There are many famous bands performing at the music festival.

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.

音乐music
音yīnsound乐lèmusic
联合Coordinate
节jiéfestival

音乐 as music and 节 as festival combine to mean a festival of music.

Characters in this word

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

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Open 音 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Open 乐 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →
Appears in
Festivals & HolidaysMusic

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