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中锋 (zhōng fēng) — center (in basketball or soccer)

Definition

中锋 is a sports position: 'center' in basketball, 'center forward' in soccer — the tall, central player near the basket or goal who anchors scoring and defense.

noun
center (in basketball or soccer)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 中锋。
    Tā shì qiú duì de zhǔ lì zhōng fēng.
    He is the starting center of the team.
  • 中锋。
    Zhè wèi zhōng fēng zài lán xià dé fēn néng lì hěn qiáng.
    This center is very strong at scoring under the basket.
  • 中锋。
    zhōng fēng Fù zé zǔ zhī qián chǎng jìn gōng.
    The center forward is responsible for organizing the frontline attack.

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.

中zhōngcenter
锋fēngforward

中 means center, and 锋 means forward or vanguard; together they name the central forward position.

Characters in this word

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

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鋒; 锋 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夆
夆páng鋒fēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鋒 pairs 金 (metal) with a sound part 夆; the simplified 锋 is a shorthand.

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Appears in
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