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女兵 (nǚ bīng) — female soldier

Definition

noun
female soldier
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 女兵，。
    Tā shì yì míng nǚ bīng, zài jūn duì lǐ gōng zuò.
    She is a female soldier, working in the army.
  • 女兵。
    Zhè xiē nǚ bīng xùn liàn fēi cháng kè kǔ.
    These female soldiers train very hard.
  • 女兵。
    Wǒ jiě jie céng jīng dāng guò nǚ bīng.
    My older sister used to be a female soldier.

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.

女nǚfemale
兵bīngsoldier

女 “female” and 兵 “soldier” combine to mean a female soldier.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

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

  • 斤斤jīna short axe
  • 廾廾gǒng2 hands

兵 combines 斤, a short axe, with 廾, two hands, showing a pair of hands holding a weapon.

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