俄军 (E jūn) — Russian army

Definition

noun
Russian army
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 俄军。
    E jūn Zài èr zhàn zhōng fā huī le zhòng yào zuò yòng.
    The Russian army played an important role in WWII.
  • 俄军。
    E jūn Zhèng zài jìn xíng jūn shì yǎn xí.
    The Russian army is conducting military exercises.
  • 俄军。
    E jūn De zhuāng bèi fēi cháng xiān jìn.
    The Russian army's equipment is very advanced.

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.

俄éRussian
军jūnarmy

“俄” names Russia and “军” names the army, so the army belongs to Russia.

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
我
我wǒ俄é
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

俄 pairs 亻 (person) with 我, which gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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