世界大战 (shì jiè dà zhàn) — world war | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

world war

Measure word · 场

Examples

世界大战。
Dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn gǎi biàn le shì jiè gé jú.
The First World War changed the world order.
世界大战。
Rén men dōu xī wàng bú zài yǒu shì jiè dà zhàn.
People all hope there won't be another world war.
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Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng shù le dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn de gù shi.
This film tells the story of World War II.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

世界world

世shìworld界jièrealm

联合Coordinate

大战great war

大dàgreat战zhànwar

偏正Modifier + head

“世界” means the world and “大战” means a great war, together naming a war involving all nations.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

田介界

Meaning part形符xíngfú

田田tiánfield

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè界jiè

Same sound today

界 is built from 田 (field) and 介. 田 carries the meaning, while 介 gives the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

占戈战

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn战zhàn

Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

Appears in

History Military & Defense

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