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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

贴标签

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tiē biāoqiān

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Labeling/ˈleɪ.bəl.ɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"食品标签对消费者很重要。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of attaching a descriptive tag or label to an object, product, or person.

    "Accurate labeling of food products is essential for consumers with allergies."
  2. 2

    The assigning of a descriptor, category, or stigma to someone, often oversimplifying their identity.

    "Psychologists warn against the harmful effects of labeling children based on early behavior."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'label' or 'label', meaning a narrow slip of cloth, which originated from Old French. Over centuries, the term evolved from physical tags attached to objects to abstract categorization and classification in psychological, legal, and sociological contexts.

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