入境 (rù jìng) — to enter a country | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used specifically for entering a country or region (with immigration/customs context), as on forms like 入境证件. Contrast with 出境 ('to leave a country') and 过境 ('to transit through').

verb

to enter a country

Examples

入境。
Qǐng chū shì nín de rù jìng zhèng jiàn.
Please present your entry documents.
入境。
Tā zuó tiān cóng shàng hǎi rù jìng.
He entered the country through Shanghai yesterday.
入境。
rù jìng Shí hǎi guān jiǎn chá le xíng li.
Customs checked the luggage upon entry.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

入 means 'enter' and 境 means 'border'; together they mean entering a country's border.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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

土竟境

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

竟

竟jìng境jìng

Same sound today

境 pairs 土 (earth) with 竟, which gives the sound; the 土 part carries the meaning.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6 Travel & Tourism

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