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| Processed by: | richwarm (2021-04-21 07:11:55 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 68243 - submitted by 'longjiang' >> Why was the first definition '-ism'? --------------------------------- Editor: It's in Yuen Ren Chao's dictionary. He describes it as a prefix that corresponds to the English suffix "-ism". Some examples: 唯美 estheticism 唯物 materialism 唯心 idealism Typically, this sort of 唯 compound is combined with a suffix such as 论 or 主义. E.g. 唯理论 rationalism |
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- 唯 唯 [wei2] /-ism/only/alone/ # + 唯 唯 [wei2] /only/alone/ # + 唯 唯 [wei2] /only/alone/-ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)/ |