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国家队 (guó jiā duì) — national team

Definition

noun
national team
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 国家队，。
    Tā rù xuǎn le guó jiā duì, zhǔn bèi cān jiā ào yùn huì.
    He was selected for the national team and is preparing to participate in the Olympics.
  • 国家队。
    Zhè zhī guó jiā duì zài shì jiè bēi shàng biǎo xiàn fēi cháng chū sè.
    This national team performed exceptionally well at the World Cup.
  • 国家队。
    guó jiā duì De jiào liàn zhèng zài zhì dìng xīn de xùn liàn jì huà.
    The national team's coach is formulating a new training plan.

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.

国家country
国guóstate家jiāfamily
联合Coordinate
队duìteam

“国家” country and “队” team together mean a team representing a country.

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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéiclosure
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò國guó
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

Open 国 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →

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.

Open 队 →
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