Hey everyone! Ever wondered why ‘朋友’ means ‘friend’ when both ‘朋’ and ‘友’ already mean ‘friend’? Or why ‘海洋’ combines ‘sea’ and ‘ocean’ into one word? Today, we’re diving into a super cool part of Chinese—synonymous compound nouns! These are words made by pairing two similar nouns, and they’re packed with linguistic wisdom, history, and even cultural secrets.
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Formation of set phrases in Chinese
There are plenty of set phrases in Chinese. Set phrases are idiomatic expressions usually made up of four characters, and contain within one sentence, a single and complete meaning. Having a close study on the formation of set phrases helps substantially the learning. Continue reading “Formation of set phrases in Chinese”
Character inclusiveness in Chinese compound words
Some two-morpheme (o two-character) compounds have a very interesting feature, character inclusiveness or morpheme inclusiveness. There are two types of character inclusiveness. Continue reading “Character inclusiveness in Chinese compound words”
Character formation in Chinese
As for the formation of Chinese characters, there are six different ways. Four of them are most important. Continue reading “Character formation in Chinese”
How Chinese components form phono-semantic characters?
Since most of the Chinese characters are 形声字 phono-semantic characters, it’s a major requisite to know how they are formed. Continue reading “How Chinese components form phono-semantic characters?”