Why use combined characters that have the same meaning?
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(rèn shà) both characters means ( to know)and when combined it still have the same meaning.
So why can't I use only one of them ?
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(rèn shà) both characters means ( to know)and when combined it still have the same meaning.
So why can't I use only one of them ?
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bkrsï¼Â认to recognize to know to admitï¼Â认è¯Â; Ã¥ÂÂ辨@recognize; know; make out; identify: 认åºæÂÂ人 identify (recognize) a person 她åÂÂå¾Â使æÂÂç®Âç´认ä¸ÂåºæÂ¥äºÂãÂÂï¼Â建ç«Â堳系@enter into a certain relationship with; adopt: 认å¸Âå apprentice oneself to sb. 认她ä½Âéº女 adopt her as a daughter ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ; æ¿认@admit; recognize; own: æ¿认 admit; recognize å¦认 deny,etc. 诠5) å¨ çÂ¥éÂÂãÂÂäºÂ解ã å¦Âï¼ÂãÂÂç´ ä¸Âç¸è¯ÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂÂç¼ä¸Âè¯Âæ³°å±±ãÂÂã modern Chinese sentences are made up predominantly of 2-character words. å¾Âé«Â場认è¯Âï¼ÂNP is a standard phrase, whose meaning would be altered if 认诠is replaced by 认 and could not be understood if replaced by è¯Â
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Something related to å°Âä»Â(å°Âå¶).
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Aug 8 at 5:56
examples for verb è¯Â/know seem to indicate that it should be considered a bound morpheme, occurring in fixed combinations, æÂÂ诠among them, cf. bkrs:ä¸Âå ä¸Â诠,æÂÂä¸Âä»Â素丠ç¸诠, ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡ , ä¸Âè¯Âæ¬举
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(rèn shà) both characters means ( to know)and when combined it still have the same meaning.
So why can't I use only one of them ?
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(rèn shà) both characters means ( to know)and when combined it still have the same meaning.
So why can't I use only one of them ?
translation grammar meaning characters
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bkrsï¼Â认to recognize to know to admitï¼Â认è¯Â; Ã¥ÂÂ辨@recognize; know; make out; identify: 认åºæÂÂ人 identify (recognize) a person 她åÂÂå¾Â使æÂÂç®Âç´认ä¸ÂåºæÂ¥äºÂãÂÂï¼Â建ç«Â堳系@enter into a certain relationship with; adopt: 认å¸Âå apprentice oneself to sb. 认她ä½Âéº女 adopt her as a daughter ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ; æ¿认@admit; recognize; own: æ¿认 admit; recognize å¦认 deny,etc. 诠5) å¨ çÂ¥éÂÂãÂÂäºÂ解ã å¦Âï¼ÂãÂÂç´ ä¸Âç¸è¯ÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂÂç¼ä¸Âè¯Âæ³°å±±ãÂÂã modern Chinese sentences are made up predominantly of 2-character words. å¾Âé«Â場认è¯Âï¼ÂNP is a standard phrase, whose meaning would be altered if 认诠is replaced by 认 and could not be understood if replaced by è¯Â
â user6065
Aug 8 at 5:55
Something related to å°Âä»Â(å°Âå¶).
â NoobTW
Aug 8 at 5:56
examples for verb è¯Â/know seem to indicate that it should be considered a bound morpheme, occurring in fixed combinations, æÂÂ诠among them, cf. bkrs:ä¸Âå ä¸Â诠,æÂÂä¸Âä»Â素丠ç¸诠, ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡ , ä¸Âè¯Âæ¬举
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bkrsï¼Â认to recognize to know to admitï¼Â认è¯Â; Ã¥ÂÂ辨@recognize; know; make out; identify: 认åºæÂÂ人 identify (recognize) a person 她åÂÂå¾Â使æÂÂç®Âç´认ä¸ÂåºæÂ¥äºÂãÂÂï¼Â建ç«Â堳系@enter into a certain relationship with; adopt: 认å¸Âå apprentice oneself to sb. 认她ä½Âéº女 adopt her as a daughter ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ; æ¿认@admit; recognize; own: æ¿认 admit; recognize å¦认 deny,etc. 诠5) å¨ çÂ¥éÂÂãÂÂäºÂ解ã å¦Âï¼ÂãÂÂç´ ä¸Âç¸è¯ÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂÂç¼ä¸Âè¯Âæ³°å±±ãÂÂã modern Chinese sentences are made up predominantly of 2-character words. å¾Âé«Â場认è¯Âï¼ÂNP is a standard phrase, whose meaning would be altered if 认诠is replaced by 认 and could not be understood if replaced by è¯Â
â user6065
Aug 8 at 5:55
Something related to å°Âä»Â(å°Âå¶).
â NoobTW
Aug 8 at 5:56
examples for verb è¯Â/know seem to indicate that it should be considered a bound morpheme, occurring in fixed combinations, æÂÂ诠among them, cf. bkrs:ä¸Âå ä¸Â诠,æÂÂä¸Âä»Â素丠ç¸诠, ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡ , ä¸Âè¯Âæ¬举
â user6065
Aug 8 at 6:45
bkrsï¼Â认to recognize to know to admitï¼Â认è¯Â; Ã¥ÂÂ辨@recognize; know; make out; identify: 认åºæÂÂ人 identify (recognize) a person 她åÂÂå¾Â使æÂÂç®Âç´认ä¸ÂåºæÂ¥äºÂãÂÂï¼Â建ç«Â堳系@enter into a certain relationship with; adopt: 认å¸Âå apprentice oneself to sb. 认她ä½Âéº女 adopt her as a daughter ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ; æ¿认@admit; recognize; own: æ¿认 admit; recognize å¦认 deny,etc. 诠5) å¨ çÂ¥éÂÂãÂÂäºÂ解ã å¦Âï¼ÂãÂÂç´ ä¸Âç¸è¯ÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂÂç¼ä¸Âè¯Âæ³°å±±ãÂÂã modern Chinese sentences are made up predominantly of 2-character words. å¾Âé«Â場认è¯Âï¼ÂNP is a standard phrase, whose meaning would be altered if 认诠is replaced by 认 and could not be understood if replaced by è¯Â
â user6065
Aug 8 at 5:55
bkrsï¼Â认to recognize to know to admitï¼Â认è¯Â; Ã¥ÂÂ辨@recognize; know; make out; identify: 认åºæÂÂ人 identify (recognize) a person 她åÂÂå¾Â使æÂÂç®Âç´认ä¸ÂåºæÂ¥äºÂãÂÂï¼Â建ç«Â堳系@enter into a certain relationship with; adopt: 认å¸Âå apprentice oneself to sb. 认她ä½Âéº女 adopt her as a daughter ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ; æ¿认@admit; recognize; own: æ¿认 admit; recognize å¦认 deny,etc. 诠5) å¨ çÂ¥éÂÂãÂÂäºÂ解ã å¦Âï¼ÂãÂÂç´ ä¸Âç¸è¯ÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂÂç¼ä¸Âè¯Âæ³°å±±ãÂÂã modern Chinese sentences are made up predominantly of 2-character words. å¾Âé«Â場认è¯Âï¼ÂNP is a standard phrase, whose meaning would be altered if 认诠is replaced by 认 and could not be understood if replaced by è¯Â
â user6065
Aug 8 at 5:55
Something related to å°Âä»Â(å°Âå¶).
â NoobTW
Aug 8 at 5:56
Something related to å°Âä»Â(å°Âå¶).
â NoobTW
Aug 8 at 5:56
examples for verb è¯Â/know seem to indicate that it should be considered a bound morpheme, occurring in fixed combinations, æÂÂ诠among them, cf. bkrs:ä¸Âå ä¸Â诠,æÂÂä¸Âä»Â素丠ç¸诠, ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡ , ä¸Âè¯Âæ¬举
â user6065
Aug 8 at 6:45
examples for verb è¯Â/know seem to indicate that it should be considered a bound morpheme, occurring in fixed combinations, æÂÂ诠among them, cf. bkrs:ä¸Âå ä¸Â诠,æÂÂä¸Âä»Â素丠ç¸诠, ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡ , ä¸Âè¯Âæ¬举
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Aug 8 at 6:45
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It sources back to ancient times in China when spoken and written languages are in different forms (after Qin). Back then, only a small portion of Chinese people know how to write, while most Chinese people can only speak.
During the development of the Chinese language, written language became closer and closer to spoken language, transforming from WenYanï¼ÂæÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂï¼ to BaiHua ï¼Âç½è¯Âï¼Â. In spoken language, people like to use bi-syllable words because it is easier to understand since there're many homophones. So written language inherit this pattern during its development.
In modern Chinese, people are used to this kind of expression, so it seems outdated or 'show off your WenYan skills' when you only use one character to express its meaning. Also, there're fixed rules that you must follow because of habits. However, you can still found some traces of ancient Chinese usage in Cantonese. I can't give an example here because I'm not an expert of Cantonese.
The evolution of BaiHua can be found on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese
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Please read this post: 认诠vs çÂ¥é based on glyph origins
Both 认 and 诠has other meanings beside "recognize", just using 认 or just using 诠might mean something other than "recognize".
Put them together to form a specific term can remove ambiguity.
The reason for coining compound words is to turn general characters into specific words
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Sometimes they are used by themselves (it depends on the word), e.g.:
ä½ è½帮å©æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
ä½ è½帮æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
Can you help me?
They're often used in single-character forms in Chinese idioms, e.g. å Â亲ä¸Â认 and ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡.
In my (only a learner) experience, the main reason seems to be that it's hard to understand sentences with single-character words:
认 and ä»» are pronounced the same, and 诠is pronounced the same as æ¶, å®Â, and Ã¥ÂÂ, so it's harder to deduce which character is being spoken.
认 and 诠also combine with other Chinese characters, e.g. 认为 and çÂ¥è¯Â, so it's harder to distinguish where word boundaries occur.
But on top of this, the usage of the double-character word may be different. An example of this is 帮忠which is a noun for "help", whereas 帮 is a verb for "help". Another example is:
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Just now, I ate.
But Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ饠is not correct (because å is an adverb). So if we arbitrarily interchange å and Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂ, we will break the grammar.
Also, the English is only an approximate translation, and in Chinese these words that translate to the same thing are slightly different. They're the closest we have to the underlying meanings of 认è¯Â, 认, and è¯Â.
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For the same reason you say "come back" instead of just "back" - it's just how the language is.
Or, even more comically, you wouldn't say "pro" instead of "protrude" in English, why require such brevity from modern Chinese?
Modern Chinese likes bi-syllabic "words", if you want each character to be used for one separate "word", look into æÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂ.
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See Sections 5-6 of this paper for theories of how compounding and disyllabicization occurred together in Chinese. There is a long history.
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It sources back to ancient times in China when spoken and written languages are in different forms (after Qin). Back then, only a small portion of Chinese people know how to write, while most Chinese people can only speak.
During the development of the Chinese language, written language became closer and closer to spoken language, transforming from WenYanï¼ÂæÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂï¼ to BaiHua ï¼Âç½è¯Âï¼Â. In spoken language, people like to use bi-syllable words because it is easier to understand since there're many homophones. So written language inherit this pattern during its development.
In modern Chinese, people are used to this kind of expression, so it seems outdated or 'show off your WenYan skills' when you only use one character to express its meaning. Also, there're fixed rules that you must follow because of habits. However, you can still found some traces of ancient Chinese usage in Cantonese. I can't give an example here because I'm not an expert of Cantonese.
The evolution of BaiHua can be found on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese
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It sources back to ancient times in China when spoken and written languages are in different forms (after Qin). Back then, only a small portion of Chinese people know how to write, while most Chinese people can only speak.
During the development of the Chinese language, written language became closer and closer to spoken language, transforming from WenYanï¼ÂæÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂï¼ to BaiHua ï¼Âç½è¯Âï¼Â. In spoken language, people like to use bi-syllable words because it is easier to understand since there're many homophones. So written language inherit this pattern during its development.
In modern Chinese, people are used to this kind of expression, so it seems outdated or 'show off your WenYan skills' when you only use one character to express its meaning. Also, there're fixed rules that you must follow because of habits. However, you can still found some traces of ancient Chinese usage in Cantonese. I can't give an example here because I'm not an expert of Cantonese.
The evolution of BaiHua can be found on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese
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It sources back to ancient times in China when spoken and written languages are in different forms (after Qin). Back then, only a small portion of Chinese people know how to write, while most Chinese people can only speak.
During the development of the Chinese language, written language became closer and closer to spoken language, transforming from WenYanï¼ÂæÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂï¼ to BaiHua ï¼Âç½è¯Âï¼Â. In spoken language, people like to use bi-syllable words because it is easier to understand since there're many homophones. So written language inherit this pattern during its development.
In modern Chinese, people are used to this kind of expression, so it seems outdated or 'show off your WenYan skills' when you only use one character to express its meaning. Also, there're fixed rules that you must follow because of habits. However, you can still found some traces of ancient Chinese usage in Cantonese. I can't give an example here because I'm not an expert of Cantonese.
The evolution of BaiHua can be found on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese
It sources back to ancient times in China when spoken and written languages are in different forms (after Qin). Back then, only a small portion of Chinese people know how to write, while most Chinese people can only speak.
During the development of the Chinese language, written language became closer and closer to spoken language, transforming from WenYanï¼ÂæÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂï¼ to BaiHua ï¼Âç½è¯Âï¼Â. In spoken language, people like to use bi-syllable words because it is easier to understand since there're many homophones. So written language inherit this pattern during its development.
In modern Chinese, people are used to this kind of expression, so it seems outdated or 'show off your WenYan skills' when you only use one character to express its meaning. Also, there're fixed rules that you must follow because of habits. However, you can still found some traces of ancient Chinese usage in Cantonese. I can't give an example here because I'm not an expert of Cantonese.
The evolution of BaiHua can be found on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese
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answered Aug 9 at 5:36
Kevin. Fang
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Please read this post: 认诠vs çÂ¥é based on glyph origins
Both 认 and 诠has other meanings beside "recognize", just using 认 or just using 诠might mean something other than "recognize".
Put them together to form a specific term can remove ambiguity.
The reason for coining compound words is to turn general characters into specific words
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Please read this post: 认诠vs çÂ¥é based on glyph origins
Both 认 and 诠has other meanings beside "recognize", just using 认 or just using 诠might mean something other than "recognize".
Put them together to form a specific term can remove ambiguity.
The reason for coining compound words is to turn general characters into specific words
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Please read this post: 认诠vs çÂ¥é based on glyph origins
Both 认 and 诠has other meanings beside "recognize", just using 认 or just using 诠might mean something other than "recognize".
Put them together to form a specific term can remove ambiguity.
The reason for coining compound words is to turn general characters into specific words
Please read this post: 认诠vs çÂ¥é based on glyph origins
Both 认 and 诠has other meanings beside "recognize", just using 认 or just using 诠might mean something other than "recognize".
Put them together to form a specific term can remove ambiguity.
The reason for coining compound words is to turn general characters into specific words
answered Aug 8 at 6:03
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Sometimes they are used by themselves (it depends on the word), e.g.:
ä½ è½帮å©æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
ä½ è½帮æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
Can you help me?
They're often used in single-character forms in Chinese idioms, e.g. å Â亲ä¸Â认 and ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡.
In my (only a learner) experience, the main reason seems to be that it's hard to understand sentences with single-character words:
认 and ä»» are pronounced the same, and 诠is pronounced the same as æ¶, å®Â, and Ã¥ÂÂ, so it's harder to deduce which character is being spoken.
认 and 诠also combine with other Chinese characters, e.g. 认为 and çÂ¥è¯Â, so it's harder to distinguish where word boundaries occur.
But on top of this, the usage of the double-character word may be different. An example of this is 帮忠which is a noun for "help", whereas 帮 is a verb for "help". Another example is:
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Just now, I ate.
But Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ饠is not correct (because å is an adverb). So if we arbitrarily interchange å and Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂ, we will break the grammar.
Also, the English is only an approximate translation, and in Chinese these words that translate to the same thing are slightly different. They're the closest we have to the underlying meanings of 认è¯Â, 认, and è¯Â.
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Sometimes they are used by themselves (it depends on the word), e.g.:
ä½ è½帮å©æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
ä½ è½帮æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
Can you help me?
They're often used in single-character forms in Chinese idioms, e.g. å Â亲ä¸Â认 and ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡.
In my (only a learner) experience, the main reason seems to be that it's hard to understand sentences with single-character words:
认 and ä»» are pronounced the same, and 诠is pronounced the same as æ¶, å®Â, and Ã¥ÂÂ, so it's harder to deduce which character is being spoken.
认 and 诠also combine with other Chinese characters, e.g. 认为 and çÂ¥è¯Â, so it's harder to distinguish where word boundaries occur.
But on top of this, the usage of the double-character word may be different. An example of this is 帮忠which is a noun for "help", whereas 帮 is a verb for "help". Another example is:
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Just now, I ate.
But Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ饠is not correct (because å is an adverb). So if we arbitrarily interchange å and Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂ, we will break the grammar.
Also, the English is only an approximate translation, and in Chinese these words that translate to the same thing are slightly different. They're the closest we have to the underlying meanings of 认è¯Â, 认, and è¯Â.
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Sometimes they are used by themselves (it depends on the word), e.g.:
ä½ è½帮å©æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
ä½ è½帮æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
Can you help me?
They're often used in single-character forms in Chinese idioms, e.g. å Â亲ä¸Â认 and ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡.
In my (only a learner) experience, the main reason seems to be that it's hard to understand sentences with single-character words:
认 and ä»» are pronounced the same, and 诠is pronounced the same as æ¶, å®Â, and Ã¥ÂÂ, so it's harder to deduce which character is being spoken.
认 and 诠also combine with other Chinese characters, e.g. 认为 and çÂ¥è¯Â, so it's harder to distinguish where word boundaries occur.
But on top of this, the usage of the double-character word may be different. An example of this is 帮忠which is a noun for "help", whereas 帮 is a verb for "help". Another example is:
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Just now, I ate.
But Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ饠is not correct (because å is an adverb). So if we arbitrarily interchange å and Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂ, we will break the grammar.
Also, the English is only an approximate translation, and in Chinese these words that translate to the same thing are slightly different. They're the closest we have to the underlying meanings of 认è¯Â, 认, and è¯Â.
Sometimes they are used by themselves (it depends on the word), e.g.:
ä½ è½帮å©æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
ä½ è½帮æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂï¼Â
Can you help me?
They're often used in single-character forms in Chinese idioms, e.g. å Â亲ä¸Â认 and ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡.
In my (only a learner) experience, the main reason seems to be that it's hard to understand sentences with single-character words:
认 and ä»» are pronounced the same, and 诠is pronounced the same as æ¶, å®Â, and Ã¥ÂÂ, so it's harder to deduce which character is being spoken.
认 and 诠also combine with other Chinese characters, e.g. 认为 and çÂ¥è¯Â, so it's harder to distinguish where word boundaries occur.
But on top of this, the usage of the double-character word may be different. An example of this is 帮忠which is a noun for "help", whereas 帮 is a verb for "help". Another example is:
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé¥ÂãÂÂ
Just now, I ate.
But Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ饠is not correct (because å is an adverb). So if we arbitrarily interchange å and Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂ, we will break the grammar.
Also, the English is only an approximate translation, and in Chinese these words that translate to the same thing are slightly different. They're the closest we have to the underlying meanings of 认è¯Â, 认, and è¯Â.
answered Aug 8 at 6:30
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For the same reason you say "come back" instead of just "back" - it's just how the language is.
Or, even more comically, you wouldn't say "pro" instead of "protrude" in English, why require such brevity from modern Chinese?
Modern Chinese likes bi-syllabic "words", if you want each character to be used for one separate "word", look into æÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂ.
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For the same reason you say "come back" instead of just "back" - it's just how the language is.
Or, even more comically, you wouldn't say "pro" instead of "protrude" in English, why require such brevity from modern Chinese?
Modern Chinese likes bi-syllabic "words", if you want each character to be used for one separate "word", look into æÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂ.
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For the same reason you say "come back" instead of just "back" - it's just how the language is.
Or, even more comically, you wouldn't say "pro" instead of "protrude" in English, why require such brevity from modern Chinese?
Modern Chinese likes bi-syllabic "words", if you want each character to be used for one separate "word", look into æÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂ.
For the same reason you say "come back" instead of just "back" - it's just how the language is.
Or, even more comically, you wouldn't say "pro" instead of "protrude" in English, why require such brevity from modern Chinese?
Modern Chinese likes bi-syllabic "words", if you want each character to be used for one separate "word", look into æÂÂè¨ÂæÂÂ.
answered Aug 9 at 3:56
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See Sections 5-6 of this paper for theories of how compounding and disyllabicization occurred together in Chinese. There is a long history.
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See Sections 5-6 of this paper for theories of how compounding and disyllabicization occurred together in Chinese. There is a long history.
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See Sections 5-6 of this paper for theories of how compounding and disyllabicization occurred together in Chinese. There is a long history.
See Sections 5-6 of this paper for theories of how compounding and disyllabicization occurred together in Chinese. There is a long history.
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bkrsï¼Â认to recognize to know to admitï¼Â认è¯Â; Ã¥ÂÂ辨@recognize; know; make out; identify: 认åºæÂÂ人 identify (recognize) a person 她åÂÂå¾Â使æÂÂç®Âç´认ä¸ÂåºæÂ¥äºÂãÂÂï¼Â建ç«Â堳系@enter into a certain relationship with; adopt: 认å¸Âå apprentice oneself to sb. 认她ä½Âéº女 adopt her as a daughter ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ; æ¿认@admit; recognize; own: æ¿认 admit; recognize å¦认 deny,etc. 诠5) å¨ çÂ¥éÂÂãÂÂäºÂ解ã å¦Âï¼ÂãÂÂç´ ä¸Âç¸è¯ÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂæÂÂç¼ä¸Âè¯Âæ³°å±±ãÂÂã modern Chinese sentences are made up predominantly of 2-character words. å¾Âé«Â場认è¯Âï¼ÂNP is a standard phrase, whose meaning would be altered if 认诠is replaced by 认 and could not be understood if replaced by è¯Â
â user6065
Aug 8 at 5:55
Something related to å°Âä»Â(å°Âå¶).
â NoobTW
Aug 8 at 5:56
examples for verb è¯Â/know seem to indicate that it should be considered a bound morpheme, occurring in fixed combinations, æÂÂ诠among them, cf. bkrs:ä¸Âå ä¸Â诠,æÂÂä¸Âä»Â素丠ç¸诠, ä¸Âè¯Âæ¶å¡ , ä¸Âè¯Âæ¬举
â user6065
Aug 8 at 6:45