合成词

合成詞
héchéngcí
noun #98,680

Meanings

  1. 1 compound word

Examples

HSK 4
Hànyǔ lǐ de dàbùfen cí dōu shì héchéngcí.
Most words in Chinese are compound words.
HSK 5
" Diànnǎo " shì yóu " diàn " hé " nǎo " zǔchéng de héchéngcí.
Diànnǎo "computer" is a compound word made of diàn "electric" and nǎo "brain".

Tips

usage
Linguists divide words into 单纯词, which hold a single morpheme even when they have two syllables, like 葡萄 "grape", and 合成词, built from two or more meaningful parts.

Stroke Order

合 hé
成 chéng
词 cí