撰 (zhuàn): to compose, to compile
撰 (zhuàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to compose.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 巽 (phonetic). It ranks #2238 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 撰 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to compose
- to compile
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撰写verb | zhuàn xiě | to write |
| 撰稿人 | zhuàn gǎo rén | author (of a manuscript) |
| 杜撰verb | dù zhuàn | to fabricate |
| 编撰verb | biān zhuàn | to compile |
| 撰稿verb | zhuàn gǎo | to write (an article for publication) |
| 撰文verb | zhuàn wén | to write an article |
| 修撰verb | xiū zhuàn | to compile |
| 撰述verb | zhuàn shù | to compose (a piece of writing) |
| 撰录 | zhuàn lù | to compile and record |
| 撰拟 | zhuàn nǐ | to draft |
撰 appears in 10 compound words: 70 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 撰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
妈妈撰着孩子的手,慢慢地过马路。
mā mā zhuàn zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand as they slowly crossed the street.
模型将投资研究任务拆成信息检索、研究推理、估值建模和研报撰写四类能力。
mó xíng jiāng tóu zī yán jiū rèn wù chāi chéng xìn xī jiǎn suǒ , yán jiū tuī lǐ , gū zhí jiàn mó hé yán bào zhuàn xiě sì lèi néng lì .
The model breaks down investment research tasks into four categories of capabilities: information retrieval, research reasoning, valuation modeling, and research report writing.
他指出,邮件是企业邮件系统自动发送的,并非人工撰写,这些都是内部系统配置错误导致的。
tā zhǐ chū , yóu jiàn shì qǐ yè yóu jiàn xì tǒng zì dòng fā sòng de , bìng fēi rén gōng zhuàn xiě , zhè xiē dōu shì nèi bù xì tǒng pèi zhì cuò wù dǎo zhì de .
He pointed out that the emails were sent automatically by the company's email system and were not written manually; these issues were all caused by errors in the internal system configuration.
《甲骨文摹本大系》编撰出版期间,已完成新缀合甲骨1200多组。
jiǎ gǔ wén 摹 běn dà xì biān zhuàn chū bǎn qī jiān , yǐ wán chéng xīn zhuì gě jiǎ gǔ 1 2 0 0 duō zǔ .
During the compilation and publication of *The Comprehensive Series of Oracle Bone Inscription Copies*, more than 1,200 sets of oracle bone inscriptions were successfully reassembled.
郑少秋神隐多年终于蒲头 亲自撰文谈近况...
zhèng shǎo qiū shén yǐn duō nián zhōng yú 蒲 tóu qīn zì zhuàn wén tán jìn kuàng . . .
Cheng Siu-chiu, who has been out of the public eye for years, has finally resurfaced and written a personal post about his current situation...
...潘为撑乌克兰放弃奥斯卡盛典 获泽连斯基亲撰文感谢
. . . pān wéi chēng wū kè lán fàng qì ào sī kǎ shèng diǎn huò zé lián sī jī qīn zhuàn wén gǎn xiè
...Pan Weicheng skipped the Oscars to show support for Ukraine and received a personal thank-you note from Zelenskyy
数学是神用来撰写宇宙的语言。
Shùxué shì shén yònglái zhuànxiě yǔzhòu de yǔyán.
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
Character Family
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