由兩個或更多的詞合成一個詞的現(xiàn)象,叫復(fù)合詞,又稱合成詞（詞與詞之間可以有連字符）；其中以復(fù)合名詞最多,其次是復(fù)合形容詞,復(fù)合動詞、介詞、副詞、數(shù)詞等也不少.
a．名詞＋名詞：bookshop ／store ／seller ／ mark,sunlight ／shine ／glasses,French ／Englishman,policeman ／woman,volley ／basket ／base ／ football,penfriend,grandfather ／mother ／son ／ daughter ／parent（s）／children,schoolboy ／girl／ bag ／yard,headache ／master ／teacher,moon- cake ／light,team ／house ／homework,workbook ／place ／shop,newspaper,motorbike ／car,birthday,bed ／class ／bathroom,handbag,gate- keeper ／man,pencil-box,day ／lunchtime,lifeboat ／time,postcard ／man ／office,seafood,weekday ／end,class ／work ／mate,northeast ／ west,railway,southeast ／west,textbook,teapot,shellfish,earthquake,cup ／keyboard,doorbell,fireplace,farmland,hometown,salesgirl,necklace,wardrobe,spaceship,etc．
b．形容詞＋名詞：loudspeaker,goodbye,midnight ／day,blackboard,Mid-autumn,software,mainland．．．
c．動名詞＋名詞：sitting ／waiting-room．．．
d．動詞＋名詞：playground ／house,watchtower,chopsticks,washroom,checkout,breakfast．．．
e．名詞＋動名詞：handwriting,homecooking,thanksgiving,roller-skating．．．
f．動詞＋副詞：get-together
g．其它：afternoon,today,tonight（n．＆ adv．）,ping-pong,T-shirt,E-mail,
self-respect,two-storey,yo-yo．．．