A study of Chinese Vocabulary having the same morphemes but opposite in order

Abstract

The research article was the study of Chinese vocabulary having the same morphemes but opposite in order. The objective was to form the meanings and functions of Chinese vocabulary having the same morphemes but opposite in order. The data collection and analysis were from the dictionary. The results showed that when switching positions of vocabulary, the meaning was still the original meaning. For the functions of the vocabulary, it was found that majority of words did not change, but there was some vocabulary, when switching the position, the functional shift was found such as noun changed to verb, noun changed to adjectives, adjectives changed to verb, verb changed to adverb and adverb changed to adjective.