助跑 (zhù páo) — run-up (in sports, e.g., long jump, high jump, javelin throw)

Definition

noun
run-up (in sports, e.g., long jump, high jump, javelin throw)

Examples

  • 助跑。
    Tā de zhù páo sù dù hěn kuài.
    His run-up speed is very fast.
  • 助跑。
    Yùn dòng yuán tiáo zhěng le zhù páo de jié zòu.
    The athlete adjusted the rhythm of the run-up.
  • ，助跑。
    Zài tiào yuǎn zhōng, zhù páo fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    In the long jump, the run-up is very important.

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.

助zhùhelp
跑pǎorun

助 (help) and 跑 (run) give a run that helps the jump.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrong arm
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě助zhù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

助 pairs 力, a strong arm, with 且, which gives the sound; the meaning is help with strength.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
足足zúfoot
Sound part声符shēngfú
包
包bāo跑pǎo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

跑 combines 足, showing a foot, with 包, which gives the sound.

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