衍声复词

衍声复词
yǎnshēng

compound word, such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1] or 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the individual characters (Note: These characters are often not used independently in modern Chinese.)

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. noun

    compound word, such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1] or 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the individual characters (Note: These characters are often not used independently in modern Chinese.)

    • Sound-symbolic compound words are very common in Chinese.

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