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军士 (jūn shì) — noncommissioned officer (NCO)

Definition

noun
noncommissioned officer (NCO)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 军士，。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de jūn shì, zài bù duì lǐ hěn yǒu wēi wàng.
    He is an excellent NCO and has great prestige in the unit.
  • 军士。
    Jìn shēng wéi jūn shì xū yào jīng guò yán gé de kǎo hé.
    Promotion to noncommissioned officer requires passing a strict assessment.
  • 军士。
    jūn shì Zài jūn duì zhōng fù zé guǎn lǐ hé xùn liàn shì bīng.
    NCOs are responsible for managing and training soldiers in the military.

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jūnmilitary
士shìsoldier

“军” denotes military matters and “士” denotes a soldier or petty officer; together they name a noncommissioned officer.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

Open 士 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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