yǎn​shēng​fù​cí

phonetic compound word

  • created sense approved 衍声复词/衍聲複詞 · yǎn​shēng​fù​cí · phonetic compound word — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    衍声复词 / 衍聲複詞

    yǎn​shēng​fù​cí

    phonetic compound word

    A compound word, such as [[玫瑰|玫瑰|mei2 gui5]] or [[咖啡|咖啡|ka1 fei1]], whose meaning is based on its sound rather than the meaning of its individual characters.

    衍 (literal) → 衍 · yǎn · to spread out 声 (literal) → 声/聲 · shēng · sound 复词 (literal) → 复词/複詞 · fù​cí · compound word

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense