全境 (quán jìng) — whole territory, entire region (of a country or… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

whole territoryentire region (of a country or area)

Examples

全境。
Bào fēng xuě dǎo zhì gāi zhōu jìn rù quán jìng jǐn jí zhuàng tài.
The blizzard caused the state to enter a state of emergency across its entire territory.
全境。
Zhè xiàng xīn fǎ lǜ jiāng yú míng rì qǐ zài quán jìng shēng xiào.
This new law will take effect across the entire territory starting tomorrow.
全境。
Wáng guó quán jìng gòng yǒu shí èr gè zhǔ yào chéng shì.
The kingdom has twelve major cities in its entire territory.

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.

境jìngterritory

全 means whole and 境 means territory, so the area is the entire region.

Characters in this word

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

入入rù
玉玉yùjade

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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.

Appears in

Geography & Landforms

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