军训 (jūn xùn) — military training (especially the mandatory program for Chinese students)

Definition

Short for 军事训练 (military training), used in China mainly for the mandatory program that new university and high-school students complete at the start of the term.

noun
military training (especially the mandatory program for Chinese students)
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Examples

  • ，军训。
    Dà yì kāi xué hòu, wǒ men jiù yào kāi shǐ jūn xùn le.
    After freshman year starts, we'll begin military training.
  • 军训，。
    jūn xùn Suī rán hěn lèi, dàn tóng xué men dōu jiān chí xià lái le.
    Although military training was exhausting, all the classmates stuck with it.
  • 军训。
    Tā zài jūn xùn zhōng xué huì le dié jūn bèi.
    He learned how to fold a military blanket during training.

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
训xùntraining

军 military specifies the kind of 训 training.

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 →

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 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān訓xùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

Open 训 →

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