portmanteau word in Chinese
portmanteau word in Chinese is 混成词.
portmanteau word in Chinese
混成词
Pronounced: hùn chéng cí
(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
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What is "portmanteau word" in Chinese?
"portmanteau word" in Chinese is 混成词.
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"portmanteau word" in Chinese is 混成词, pronounced "hùn chéng cí".
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