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”
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Formation of Compound words
Compound words account for about 80% of Chinese vocabulary. Learning compound words will accompany you all the time in the process of learning Chinese. Studying the formation of compound words will undoubtedly help you enlarge your Chinese vocabulary and understand the internal structure of Chinese words.
Continue reading “Formation of Compound words”Chinese compounds formed by two antonyms
Combine two antonyms like 来 come, 往 go; 买 buy, 卖 sell; 东 east, 西 west; 安 safety, 危 danger; etc. can form a new word, but the meaning of the compound is not always the literal combination of the two antonyms. There are several cases as to the relation between the meaning of the compound and the two antonyms. Continue reading “Chinese compounds formed by two antonyms”
Same characters in different order BA≠AB but BA is related to AB
In the Chinese language, there are some words composed of two characters (AB )and if the order of the characters is reversed (BA), the meaning of BA will be different but still related to that of AB. Continue reading “Same characters in different order BA≠AB but BA is related to AB”
Same characters in different order BA≠AB but BA is for the use of AB
In the Chinese language, there are some very special words composed of two characters, and If the order of the characters is reversed, the meaning of the new word BA is just for the use of the word AB. Continue reading “Same characters in different order BA≠AB but BA is for the use of AB”