军装 (jūn zhuāng) — military uniform | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

military uniform

Measure word · 套

Examples

军装，。
Tā chuān zhuó yí jiàn jiù jūn zhuāng, kàn qǐ lái hěn yǒu gù shi.
He was wearing an old military uniform that looked full of stories.
军装。
Xīn bīng lǐng dào le zì jǐ de dì yī tào jūn zhuāng.
The recruits received their first set of military uniforms.
军装。
Zhè ge zhǎn lǎn zhǎn chū le bù tóng nián dài de jūn zhuāng.
This exhibition displays military uniforms from different eras.

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

装zhuāngattire

军 gives the military setting, and 装 names the clothing, so it is a uniform.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

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