占领区 (zhàn lǐng qū) — occupied area (territory under military occupat… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

occupied area (territory under military occupation)

Examples

，占领区。
Zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, zhàn lǐng qū zhú jiàn huī fù le zhèng cháng shēng huó.
After the war ended, the occupied area gradually returned to normal life.
占领区。
Guó jì shè huì hū yù chè chū zhàn lǐng qū bìng zūn zhòng dāng dì rén quán.
The international community calls for withdrawal from the occupied area and respect for local human rights.
占领区。
Lì shǐ kè shàng wǒ men tǎo lùn le zhàn lǐng qū de jū mín shēng huó zhuàng kuàng.
In history class, we discussed the living conditions of residents in the occupied area.

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.

占领occupy

占zhànoccupy领lǐngtake

联合Side by side

占领 (occupy) and 区 (area) name an area under military occupation.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 佔; 占 is its simplified writing.

亻占佔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn佔zhàn

Same sound today

The traditional form 佔 has a person part 亻 and a sound part 占; the simplified 占 is a later abbreviation.

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

令頁領

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng領lǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

匸匸xì
品品pǐn

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

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