军事化 (jūn shì huà) — (verb) to militarize, to put on a war footing; (noun) militarization

Definition

Suffix-like verb/noun meaning 'to militarize' (turn a country, region, organization, or management style into something military-style). Often used attributively before a noun (军事化管理 'militarized management'), like English -ize.

verb
to militarizeto put on a war footing
noun
militarization

Examples

  • 军事化。
    Zhè ge guó jiā zhèng zài jiā sù jūn shì huà.
    This country is accelerating its militarization.
  • 军事化。
    Gōng sī shí xíng le jūn shì huà guǎn lǐ.
    The company implemented militarized management.
  • 军事化。
    Tā men shì tú jūn shì huà zhěng gè biān jìng dì qū.
    They tried to militarize the entire border region.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

军事military affairs
军jūnmilitary事shìaffairs
偏正Modifier + head
化huàturn into

军事 means military affairs, and 化 adds the sense of turning into that state.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 军 →

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

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

Open 事 →

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

Open 化 →

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