Chinese New Words!

[frontiers]

Chinese Character : 满 足 (v)mǎn zú—to meet;to satisfay

Examples :
E.g. 1 我 们 将 尽 可 能 地 满 足 你 们 的 要 求。
wǒ men jiānɡ jìn kě nénɡ dì mǎn zú nǐ men de yāo qiú
We'll do our best to meet your demands.

E.g. 2 我 只 好 解 释 原 因 来 满 足 他 的 好 奇 心。
wǒ zhí hǎo jiě shì yuán yīn lái mǎn zú tā de hào qí xīn
I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity.

E.g. 3 他 的 权 力 欲 永 不 能 得 到 满 足。
tā de quán lì yù yǒnɡ bù nénɡ dé dào mǎn zú
His lust for power will never be satisfied.

[benji145]

So it means make someone satisfied, right?

[frontiers]

Ｈi benji145,

Thank you for your question .

Actually the meaning make someone satisfied is
"shi3 ...gan3dao4 man3yi4" not " man3zu2". It means you will be satisfied when you meet your demand , your demand should be meet first and then you will feel satisfaction.

"manzu"(满足) and "manyi"(满意) both two words sometimes are similar meaning but sometimes the meaning are not the same, you cannot change the two words !

Here we can just use mǎn yì (满 意 ) but cannot use mǎn zú 满足.

Example 1
我 不 太 满 意 他 对 这 个 句 子 的 翻 译。
wǒ bù tài mǎn yì tā duì zhè ge jù zi de fān yì
I'm not satisfied with his interpretation of this sentence.

And here you can just use the wordmǎn zú (满足 )but not mǎn yì 满 意

Example 2
我 们 必 须 提 高 产 量 满 足 需 求。
wǒ men bì xū tí gāo chǎn liàng mǎn zú xū qiú
We must increase our output to meet the demand

Am I making myself clear？ Hope it can help !!!