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代表队 (dài biǎo duì) — delegation, team representing a group or organization (esp. in sports, competitions)

Definition

noun
delegation, team representing a group or organization (esp. in sports, competitions)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 代表队。
    Wǒ men xué xiào pài chū le yì zhī dài biǎo duì cān jiā bǐ sài.
    Our school sent a delegation to participate in the competition.
  • 代表队。
    dài biǎo duì De duì yuán men dōu chuān zhuó tǒng yī de fú zhuāng.
    All the members of the delegation wore uniform clothing.
  • 代表队。
    Guó jiā dài biǎo duì zài ào yùn huì shàng biǎo xiàn fēi cháng chū sè.
    The national team performed very well at the Olympics.

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.

代表represent
代dàisubstitute表biǎoexpress
联合Coordinate
队duìteam

代 and 表 together mean representing, and 队 is the team that represents a group.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
弋
弋yì代dài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 代, 亻 shows a person, and 弋 gives the sound.

Open 代 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →
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