🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

澄清

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chéngqīng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Clarification/ˌklær.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们需要对此事做出澄清。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    The action of making a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.

    "Please call my office for further clarification."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin clarificationem, a noun of action from clarificare 'to make clear', formed from Latin clarus 'clear' and facere 'to make'. Entering Middle English via Old French in the late medieval period, it evolved from an alchemical term for purifying substances into its modern linguistic sense of making a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible.

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