保守党 (bǎo shǒu dǎng) — Conservative Party (British political party)

Definition

noun

Conservative Party (British political party)

保守党。
bǎo shǒu dǎng Zài yīng guó zhèng zhì zhōng lì shǐ yōu jiǔ.
The Conservative Party has a long history in British politics.
保守党。
Tā yì zhí shì bǎo shǒu dǎng de jiān dìng zhī chí zhě.
He has always been a strong supporter of the Conservative Party.
保守党。
Zhè cì xuǎn jǔ bǎo shǒu dǎng tí chū le xīn de jīng jì zhèng cè.
In this election, the Conservative Party proposed new economic policies.

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.

保守conservative

联合Coordinate

保守 means keeping to tradition, and 党 names a party, giving a conservative party.

Characters in this word

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

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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

宀寸守

守 pairs 宀, a roof or building, with 寸, a hand, to show a hand guarding a place.

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

儿儿érhuman

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

党 pairs 尚, giving its sound, with 儿, a human.

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