Chinese
系列
xìliè
series
- HSK 4
- TOCFL 6
Etymology graph
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Origin
Borrowed from English series, from Latin series.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lineage
- borrowedEnglishseries “A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.”
- derivedLatinseriēs “row, chain”
- partLatinserō “to sow”
- inheritedProto-Italic*sizō
- inheritedProto-Italic*serō
- partLatinsērus “late”
- partLatin-ō “denominative”
- partLatin-iēs
- inheritedProto-Italic*-jēs
- partLatinserō “to sow”
- derivedLatinseriēs “row, chain”
- characterChinese系 “department; faculty”
- simplified fromChinese係 “to relate; to bear on”
- meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
- simplified fromChinese繫 “to tie, to fasten, to button up”
- soundChinese毄 “to hit against; to collide with; to strike”
- ideaChinese軎 “axle tip”
- ideaChinese殳 “shu (an ancient Chinese weapon)”
- ideaChinese𠘧 “used in 𠘧𠘧; refers to the wings of a bird in flight (according to the Shuowen Jiezi)”
- ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
- soundChinese毄 “to hit against; to collide with; to strike”
- ideaChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
- ideaChinese糸 “thin silk”
- simplified fromChinese係 “to relate; to bear on”
- characterChinese列 “to tear apart; to break up; to separate; to split”
- ideaChinese歹 “bone remnants”
- soundChinese𡿪
- ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: 系列