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Here are a couple compound words that end with 乎:

热乎,温乎 温乎,確乎 確乎,玄乎 玄乎,忙乎 忙乎,晕乎 晕乎,近乎 近乎,热乎乎 热乎乎,傻乎乎 傻乎乎.

Is there an understanding of how 乎 became used in these words? Does it have any relation to the classical usage of 乎 as an interrogative marker?

Here are a couple compound words that end with 乎:

热乎,温乎,確乎,玄乎,忙乎,晕乎,近乎,热乎乎,傻乎乎

Is there an understanding of how 乎 became used in these words? Does it have any relation to the classical usage of 乎 as an interrogative marker?

Here are a couple compound words that end with 乎:

热乎, 温乎, 確乎, 玄乎, 忙乎, 晕乎, 近乎, 热乎乎, 傻乎乎.

Is there an understanding of how 乎 became used in these words? Does it have any relation to the classical usage of 乎 as an interrogative marker?

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Origin of 乎 as a bound morpheme in words such as 热乎

Here are a couple compound words that end with 乎:

热乎,温乎,確乎,玄乎,忙乎,晕乎,近乎,热乎乎,傻乎乎

Is there an understanding of how 乎 became used in these words? Does it have any relation to the classical usage of 乎 as an interrogative marker?