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巡逻队 (xún luó duì) — patrol; patrol team (military, police, or community security)

Definition

noun
patrolpatrol team (military, police, or community security)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 巡逻队。
    Yè jiān xún luó duì zài xiǎo qū de měi gè jiǎo luò xún luó.
    The night patrol checks every corner of the neighborhood.
  • ，巡逻队。
    Fā xiàn yì cháng qíng kuàng hòu, xún luó duì lì jí xiàng zǒng bù bào gào.
    After spotting an anomaly, the patrol immediately reported to headquarters.
  • 巡逻队。
    Biān jìng xún luó duì měi tiān dōu yào tú bù xún chá shù shí gōng lǐ.
    The border patrol has to walk dozens of kilometers every day.

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.

巡逻patrol
巡xúnpatrol逻luópatrol
联合Coordinate
队duìteam

巡逻 describes the activity and 队 the group, so the word means a team that patrols.

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
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān巡xún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

巡 pairs 辵, a walking part, with 川 as a sound part.

Open 巡 →

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 邏; 逻 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
羅
羅luó邏luó
Same sound today

The traditional form 邏 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 羅 for the sound; the simplified 逻 is a later shorthand.

Open 逻 →

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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Crime & Police

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