军车 (jūn chē) — military vehicle

Definition

noun
military vehicle
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 军车。
    Zhè liàng jūn chē shì zuó tiān kāi jìn jī dì de.
    This military vehicle drove into the base yesterday.
  • 军车。
    Lù shang yǒu yì pái jūn chē zài xún luó.
    There is a row of military vehicles patrolling the road.
  • 军车。
    Tā men yòng jūn chē yùn sòng wù zī dào qián xiàn.
    They use military vehicles to transport supplies to the front line.

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
车chēvehicle

军 means military and 车 means vehicle, naming a military vehicle.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

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