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军事基地 (jūn shì jī dì) — military base

Definition

noun
military base
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 军事基地。
    Zhè ge jūn shì jī dì lí chéng shì hěn yuǎn.
    This military base is far from the city.
  • 军事基地。
    Tā céng jīng zài jūn shì jī dì lǐ fú yì.
    He once served at a military base.
  • 军事基地。
    jūn shì jī dì De ān quán cuò shī fēi cháng yán gé.
    The security measures at the military base are very strict.

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.

军事military affairs
军jūnmilitary事shìaffairs
偏正Modifier + head
基地base
基jīfoundation地dìplace
偏正Modifier + head

军事 means military affairs and 基地 means a base; together they name a military base.

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.

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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.

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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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
其
其qí基jī
Same sound today

The lower 土 means earth, and the upper 其 gives the sound; together they form the idea of a foundation of earth.

Open 基 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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