衍声复词 yǎn shēng fù cí

DEFINITIONS

  1. compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly

CHARACTERS

衍 yǎn
HSK 6
overflow, spill over, spread out
声 shēng
HSK 3
sound, voice, noise; tone; music
复 fù
HSK 3
return; repeat; repeatedly
词 cí
HSK 3
words; phrase, expression