冰球队 (bīng qiú duì) — ice hockey team | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ice hockey team

Measure word · 支

Examples

冰球队。
Tā shì zhè ge bīng qiú duì de duì zhǎng.
He is the captain of this ice hockey team.
冰球队。
Wǒ men bīng qiú duì yíng dé le bǐ sài.
Our ice hockey team won the match.
冰球队。
Tā jiā rù le yì zhī xīn de bīng qiú duì.
She joined a new ice hockey team.

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.

冰球ice hockey

冰bīngice球qiúball

偏正Modifier + head

冰球 is ice hockey and 队 is a team, so it names an ice hockey team.

Characters in this word

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

冫水冰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冫

仌bīng冰bīng

Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

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

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

求

求qiú球qiú

Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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