| 衍声复词 |
yǎn shēng fù cí |
compound word, such as 玫瑰 or 咖啡, whose meaning is unrelated to the individual characters (Note: These characters are often not used independently in modern Chinese.) |
| 衍 |
yǎn |
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous |
| 声 |
shēng |
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds |
| 复 |
fù |
to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out |
| 复 |
fù |
to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate |
| 复 |
fù |
variant of 复 / to reply to a letter |
| 复词 |
fù cí |
compound word / polysyllabic word |
| 词 |
cí |
old variant of 词 |
| 词 |
cí |
word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL:首) |